When a hut warden on the Routeburn Track grew tired of people complaining about the lack of birdlife, he created a huge trap network. By Alina Suchanski Evan Smith has songs on his mind. Bird songs. So much so, that he raised over $100,000 to protect New Zealand native birds. Smith has been a hut […]
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