Earthmovers and oystercatchers
WHAT HAPPENS when a pair of nesting oystercatchers and heavy earthmoving equipment are on a collision course? Forest and Bird field officers Ann and Basil Graeme and the Port of Tauranga seem to have discovered a solution to the problem. Sulphur Point, once a sandy wilderness, is now
being prepared for container storage. While all the other birds had gone, two oystercatchers were nesting right in the path of the developers. A plan was hatched to shift the unsuspecting birds and their eges until they were safely out of the way. A stake was driven next to the nest to warn the graders to steer clear and then the birds were
gradually moved clear of the construction site. The chicks eventually hatched several weeks later and the birds headed for the beach. Forest and Bird, the Department of Conservation and the port company have established a bird roosting area on Matakana Island for the Sulphur Point birds.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1 February 1992, Page 9
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160Earthmovers and oystercatchers Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1 February 1992, Page 9
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