Don Merton on Big South Cape Island as a young wildlife officer in 1961. With others, he pondered why native birdlife could be so abundant on some offshore islands while mainland forests held comparatively few birds. He, and others, were about to discover why.
DON MERTON
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Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 34
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46Don Merton on Big South Cape Island as a young wildlife officer in 1961. With others, he pondered why native birdlife could be so abundant on some offshore islands while mainland forests held comparatively few birds. He, and others, were about to discover why. DON MERTON Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 34
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