Exotic birds help town survive

September 2011

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September 2011

Herons nesting at New Zealand's only white heron colony. Photo: Kelly Lynch
Kelly Lynch gets up close to New Zealand’s only white heron colony As a kid Ken Arnold and his mates paddled up the Waitangiroto River on the South Island’s West Coast, hoping to catch a glimpse of something special. And they did. Above the river bank in only a few selected trees is the country’s […]

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