Top: Black stilt (kaki), at nest on the Tekapo River. This is the only known breeding area of this ‘critically endangered’ bird, of which only a few more than 100 exist. Above: Black-fronted tern with eggs. This is an inland bird usually seen hawking insects over fields, and the shingle riverbeds where it nests. It winters on the coast.
ROD MORRIS, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
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Forest and Bird, Issue 293, 1 August 1999, Page 40
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64Top: Black stilt (kaki), at nest on the Tekapo River. This is the only known breeding area of this ‘critically endangered’ bird, of which only a few more than 100 exist. Above: Black-fronted tern with eggs. This is an inland bird usually seen hawking insects over fields, and the shingle riverbeds where it nests. It winters on the coast. ROD MORRIS, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Forest and Bird, Issue 293, 1 August 1999, Page 40
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