Climbing skills required. Peter Dilks gets a bird's eye view as he climbs up to examine mohua nests in the Eglinton Valley and follow the fate of eggs and chicks. The work requires specialised rock climbing and caving equipment to reach the nest holes which can be 30 metres up in the canopy. If stoat control is effective, almost all nests produce young and no females are lost to predation.
ROD HAY
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 24
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72Climbing skills required. Peter Dilks gets a bird's eye view as he climbs up to examine mohua nests in the Eglinton Valley and follow the fate of eggs and chicks. The work requires specialised rock climbing and caving equipment to reach the nest holes which can be 30 metres up in the canopy. If stoat control is effective, almost all nests produce young and no females are lost to predation. ROD HAY Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 24
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