Seabirds beyond the Mountain Crest : the history, natural history and conservation of Hutton's shearwater /
Cuthbert, R. J.,
Seabirds beyond the Mountain Crest : the history, natural history and conservation of Hutton's shearwater / Richard J. Cuthbert. - 212 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue -- Arrival in the Kowhai Valley -- A gunshot off the Snares Islands -- Explorations amidst shearwaters -- An ornithological mystery -- Planning the fieldwrok and a research hut -- Discovering the nesting grounds -- Alone in the valley -- Searching the transect lines -- A famous visitor -- A new season and new questions -- The breeding season begins -- Living with kea -- Egg-laying and incubation -- A perfectly designed killing machine -- Encounters with chamois, falcons and harriers -- Hatching and growth of the shearwater chicks -- Tracking the valley's stoats - and an unusual grass -- Piecing together the data -- The true impact of stoats -- Beyond the valley's horizon -- Ongoing conservation efforts and a new beginning -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
"Seabirds Beyond the Mountain Crest tells the fascinating story of New Zealand's endemic Hutton's shearwater, a species that breeds only at two remote locations, high in the Kaikoura Mountains. Amateur ornithologist Geoff Harrow is the person most closely associated with the story of Hutton's shearwater, for it was Geoff who discovered the two remaining nesting sites in the 1960s. For five decades he visited the mountains whenever he could to observe and record the birds, and to encourage the Department of Conservation and its predecessors to take steps to conserve this endangered species. As a result, scientist Richard Cuthbert was to spend three years living with 200,000 Hutton's shearwaters and their neighbours, studying their behaviour, observing their interactions, measuring and recording facts and figures to build a detailed picture of why and how these birds had survived. The discoveries over time of Richard and his co-workers turned received wisdom on its head and revealed a whole new predator story."--Publisher description.
9780947522643 0947522646
Cuthbert, R. J.,
Birds--Conservation--New Zealand--Kaikoura District.
Hutton's shearwater--New Zealand--Kaikoura District.
Seabirds beyond the Mountain Crest : the history, natural history and conservation of Hutton's shearwater / Richard J. Cuthbert. - 212 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue -- Arrival in the Kowhai Valley -- A gunshot off the Snares Islands -- Explorations amidst shearwaters -- An ornithological mystery -- Planning the fieldwrok and a research hut -- Discovering the nesting grounds -- Alone in the valley -- Searching the transect lines -- A famous visitor -- A new season and new questions -- The breeding season begins -- Living with kea -- Egg-laying and incubation -- A perfectly designed killing machine -- Encounters with chamois, falcons and harriers -- Hatching and growth of the shearwater chicks -- Tracking the valley's stoats - and an unusual grass -- Piecing together the data -- The true impact of stoats -- Beyond the valley's horizon -- Ongoing conservation efforts and a new beginning -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
"Seabirds Beyond the Mountain Crest tells the fascinating story of New Zealand's endemic Hutton's shearwater, a species that breeds only at two remote locations, high in the Kaikoura Mountains. Amateur ornithologist Geoff Harrow is the person most closely associated with the story of Hutton's shearwater, for it was Geoff who discovered the two remaining nesting sites in the 1960s. For five decades he visited the mountains whenever he could to observe and record the birds, and to encourage the Department of Conservation and its predecessors to take steps to conserve this endangered species. As a result, scientist Richard Cuthbert was to spend three years living with 200,000 Hutton's shearwaters and their neighbours, studying their behaviour, observing their interactions, measuring and recording facts and figures to build a detailed picture of why and how these birds had survived. The discoveries over time of Richard and his co-workers turned received wisdom on its head and revealed a whole new predator story."--Publisher description.
9780947522643 0947522646
Cuthbert, R. J.,
Birds--Conservation--New Zealand--Kaikoura District.
Hutton's shearwater--New Zealand--Kaikoura District.