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Cockle Trans Kingfisher
VfVuKIC jtmig 110X1^JL While crossing a bridge a Picton man’s attention was drawn to a kingfisher flapping its wings as if in trouble on r nearby mudflat. He found the kingfisher’s beak was held firmly inside the shell of a cockle about 2 inches long. His first attempt at freeing the bird was unsuccessful. Finally he carried the kingfisher home and forced the ' cockle open in a vise.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XLIX, Issue 9729, 11 August 1950, Page 3
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71Cockle Trans Kingfisher Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XLIX, Issue 9729, 11 August 1950, Page 3
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