SKUAS DEFENDING THEIR NEST
Valiant Knights of the Sea
Mr. Edgar F. Stead, by whose courtesy we are able to produce this picture, writes:—“These skuas are attacking intruders near their nests. Hovering nearly stationary in a high wind, the birds would actually rest their breasts on the stick or hatchet and peck at it.”
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Forest and Bird, Issue 44, 1 May 1937, Page 3
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