The last Stewart Island snipe population was found on Big South Cape Island. Two birds were rescued but died before the constant wintery gales and big seas abated sufficiently for them to be transferred to a safe island. Wildlife staff found it difficult to feed them because rats had greatly reduced the numbers of invertebrates on which the snipe fed.
DON MERTON
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Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 34
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62The last Stewart Island snipe population was found on Big South Cape Island. Two birds were rescued but died before the constant wintery gales and big seas abated sufficiently for them to be transferred to a safe island. Wildlife staff found it difficult to feed them because rats had greatly reduced the numbers of invertebrates on which the snipe fed. DON MERTON Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 34
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