Probably the only colour photograph ever taken of Stead’s bush wren, a bird rendered extinct when rats invaded Big South Cape Island. Starting five months after the irruption was first reported, wildlife officers were able to relocate only six of this species to nearby rat-free Kaimohu Island. Bush wrens were last seen on Kaimohu eight years later—in 1972.
DON MERTON
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Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 32
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60Probably the only colour photograph ever taken of Stead’s bush wren, a bird rendered extinct when rats invaded Big South Cape Island. Starting five months after the irruption was first reported, wildlife officers were able to relocate only six of this species to nearby rat-free Kaimohu Island. Bush wrens were last seen on Kaimohu eight years later—in 1972. DON MERTON Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 32
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