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The Conservation Sacrifice: How Far New Zealand Will Go to Save Its Birds MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY by C) Brittany Flaherty Payne JUN 2 5 2019 nl Co B.S. Biology LIBRARIES B.A. Environmental Studies William Smith College, 2010 SUBMITTED TO THE PROGRAM IN COMPARATIVE MEDIA STUDIES/WRITING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE WRITING AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SEPTEMBER 2019 © 2019 Brittany Flaherty Payne. All rights reserved. The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created. Signature redacted Signature of Author: Depa rnent of Comparative Media Studies/Writing May 21, 2019 Signature redacted Certified by: Marcia Bartusiak Professor of the Practice Thesis Supervisor Signature redacted Accepted by: Thomas Levenson Professor of Science Writing Director, Graduate Program in Science Writing 1 The Conservation Sacrifice: How Far New Zealand Will Go to Save Its Birds by Brittany Flaherty Payne Submitted to the Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing on May 21, 2019 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Science Writing ABSTRACT In July of 2016, the New Zealand government announced plans for Predator Free 2050, the biggest predator control effort ever undertaken in the country-and perhaps the world. Predator Free 2050 is a government-sanctioned goal to eliminate rats, stoats, and possums from New Zealand. Since New Zealand has no native land mammals, its bird species are poorly adapted to withstand predation from the mammals that have been introduced since humans first arrived on the nation's shores. -
Tc & Forward & Owls-I-IX
USDA Forest Service 1997 General Technical Report NC-190 Biology and Conservation of Owls of the Northern Hemisphere Second International Symposium February 5-9, 1997 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Editors: James R. Duncan, Zoologist, Manitoba Conservation Data Centre Wildlife Branch, Manitoba Department of Natural Resources Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent Winnipeg, MB CANADA R3J 3W3 <[email protected]> David H. Johnson, Wildlife Ecologist Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North Olympia, WA, USA 98501-1091 <[email protected]> Thomas H. Nicholls, retired formerly Project Leader and Research Plant Pathologist and Wildlife Biologist USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station 1992 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN, USA 55108-6148 <[email protected]> I 2nd Owl Symposium SPONSORS: (Listing of all symposium and publication sponsors, e.g., those donating $$) 1987 International Owl Symposium Fund; Jack Israel Schrieber Memorial Trust c/o Zoological Society of Manitoba; Lady Grayl Fund; Manitoba Hydro; Manitoba Natural Resources; Manitoba Naturalists Society; Manitoba Critical Wildlife Habitat Program; Metro Propane Ltd.; Pine Falls Paper Company; Raptor Research Foundation; Raptor Education Group, Inc.; Raptor Research Center of Boise State University, Boise, Idaho; Repap Manitoba; Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada; USDI Bureau of Land Management; USDI Fish and Wildlife Service; USDA Forest Service, including the North Central Forest Experiment Station; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; The Wildlife Society - Washington Chapter; Wildlife Habitat Canada; Robert Bateman; Lawrence Blus; Nancy Claflin; Richard Clark; James Duncan; Bob Gehlert; Marge Gibson; Mary Houston; Stuart Houston; Edgar Jones; Katherine McKeever; Robert Nero; Glenn Proudfoot; Catherine Rich; Spencer Sealy; Mark Sobchuk; Tom Sproat; Peter Stacey; and Catherine Thexton. -
The Impact of Predation by Introduced Mammals on Endemic Shorebirds in New Zealand: a Conservation Perspective
Biological Conservation 99 (2001) 47±64 www.elsevier.com/locate/biocon The impact of predation by introduced mammals on endemic shorebirds in New Zealand: a conservation perspective John E. Dowding a,*, Elaine C. Murphy b aPO Box 36-274, Merivale, Christchurch 8030, New Zealand bScience and Research Unit, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch, New Zealand Abstract The avifauna of New Zealand has been severely depleted since human colonisation and currently contains a disproportionately high number of threatened species. Of the 23 threatened shorebird species worldwide, six are endemic to New Zealand. We review the status of New Zealand's endemic shorebirds and examine the impact on them of various threats, particularly predation by introduced mammals. The conservation status of the 10 extant species (three oystercatchers, one stilt, four plovers and two snipe) is outlined and the factors that predisposed them to predation by introduced mammals are summarised. Individual species accounts are presented, including data on population trends, known or suspected impacts of predation, identi®cation of important predator species, other threats, and conservation measures currently in place or required. One species and two subspecies are extinct, three species are con®ned to predator-free islands and another is found only on the Chatham Islands group. Six survive on the mainland but three have declined to varying degrees and are assigned threatened status by Collar et al. (1994). Only one plover and two oystercatchers are still relatively numerous and/or widespread. Rats, cats and mustelids have had the greatest overall impacts. Conservation measures in place to mitigate the eects of introduced predators include the formulation of recovery plans, predator control around breeding areas, captive breeding and rearing programmes and the founding of new populations by translocation. -
SHOREBIRDS of the HAURAKI GULF Around the Shores of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park
This poster celebrates the species of birds commonly encountered SHOREBIRDS OF THE HAURAKI GULF around the shores of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Red knot Calidris canutus Huahou Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis 24cm, 120g | Arctic migrant 63cm, 900g | Arctic migrant South Island pied oystercatcher Haematopus finschi Torea Black stilt 46cm, 550g | Endemic Himantopus novaezelandiae Kaki 40cm, 220g | Endemic Pied stilt Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus Poaka 35cm, 190g | Native (breeding) (non-breeding) Variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor Toreapango 48cm, 725g | Endemic Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica baueri Kuaka male: 39cm, 300g | female: 41cm, 350g | Arctic migrant Spur-winged plover Vanellus miles novaehollandiae 38cm, 360g | Native Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus variegatus Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis 43cm, 450g | Arctic migrant Ngutu pare Ruddy turnstone 20cm, 60g | Endemic Arenaria interpres Northern New Zealand dotterel Charadrius obscurus aquilonius Tuturiwhatu 23cm, 120g | Arctic migrant Shore plover 25cm, 160g | Endemic Thinornis novaeseelandiae Tuturuatu Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus Pohowera 20cm, 60g | Endemic 20cm, 60g | Endemic (male breeding) Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva (juvenile) 25cm, 130g | Arctic migrant (female non-breeding) (breeding) Black-fronted dotterel Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Elseyornis melanops 19cm, 60g | Arctic migrant 17cm, 33g | Native (male-breeding) (non-breeding) (breeding) (non-breeding) Terek sandpiper Tringa cinerea 23cm, 70g | Arctic migrant -
Distributions of New Zealand Birds on Real and Virtual Islands
JARED M. DIAMOND 37 Department of Physiology, University of California Medical School, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA DISTRIBUTIONS OF NEW ZEALAND BIRDS ON REAL AND VIRTUAL ISLANDS Summary: This paper considers how habitat geometry affects New Zealand bird distributions on land-bridge islands, oceanic islands, and forest patches. The data base consists of distributions of 60 native land and freshwater bird species on 31 islands. A theoretical section examines how species incidences should vary with factors such as population density, island area, and dispersal ability, in two cases: immigration possible or impossible. New Zealand bird species are divided into water-crossers and non-crossers on the basis of six types of evidence. Overwater colonists of New Zealand from Australia tend to evolve into non-crossers through becoming flightless or else acquiring a fear of flying over water. The number of land-bridge islands occupied per species increases with abundance and is greater for water-crossers than for non-crossers, as expected theoretically. Non-crossers are virtually restricted to large land-bridge islands. The ability to occupy small islands correlates with abundance. Some absences of species from particular islands are due to man- caused extinctions, unfulfilled habitat requirements, or lack of foster hosts. However, many absences have no such explanation and simply represent extinctions that could not be (or have not yet been) reversed by immigrations. Extinctions of native forest species due to forest fragmentation on Banks Peninsula have especially befallen non-crossers, uncommon species, and species with large area requirements. In forest fragments throughout New Zealand the distributions and area requirements of species reflect their population density and dispersal ability. -
Wetlands You Can Visit in the Northland Region
Wetlands you can visit in the Northland Region The Northland Region tapers to a long remote The area includes: Rare wetland plants found here include milfoil peninsula at the top of the North Island, • Aupouri and Pouto Peninsulas , (Myriophyllum robustum ), hydatella, a tiny representing, in Maori mythology, the tail of the extensive wind-blown dunes with many relative of the water lily (Trithuria inconspicua ), great fish hauled up by the demi-god Maui. dune lakes, swamps & ephemeral ponds. marsh fern (Thelypteris confluens ), and the sand spike sedge (Eleocharis neozelandica ). The region has nine main types of wetlands • Ahipara Massif and Epikauri Gumfield, Borrow Cut wetland is the only known NZ including; bogs, fens, salt marshes, swamps, Northland’s best and biggest gumland location for the bittercress herb Rorippa shallow lakes, marshes, gumlands, seepages • Kaimaumau/ Motutangi Wetlands an laciniata. It contains an unnamed species of and ephemeral (seasonal) wetlands. extensive band of parallel sand dunes, rare Hebe and is one of the strongholds for peat bogs and gumlands. heart leaved kohuhu Pittosporum obcordatum. The 1,700 km coastline is indented with • Lake Ohia , an ephemeral lake studded several extensive, shallow harbours and with fossil kauri tree stumps. The area offers a diverse range of hunting and estuaries. Peninsulas are dotted with dune fishing with 10 game bird species. Contact Fish lakes (over 400 of them). They are often edged • Te Paki and Parengarenga Harbour , & Game for further information and permits. by marsh wetlands, and support a large extensive swamps, bogs, gumlands diversity of native plants and animals, including shrublands and dunelands with salt dwarf inanga, a rare freshwater fish found only marshes, mangroves and sand flats. -
LOCAL ACTION PLAN for the COORONG FAIRY TERN Sternula
LOCAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE COORONG FAIRY TERN Sternula nereis SOUTH AUSTRALIA David Baker-Gabb and Clare Manning Cover Page: Adult Fairy Tern, Coorong National Park. P. Gower 2011 © Local Action Plan for the Coorong Fairy Tern Sternula nereis South Australia David Baker-Gabb1 and Clare Manning2 1 Elanus Pty Ltd, PO BOX 131, St. Andrews VICTORIA 3761, Australia 2 Department of Environment and Natural Resources, PO BOC 314, Goolwa, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5214, Australia Final Local Action Plan for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Recommended Citation: Baker-Gabb, D., and Manning, C., (2011) Local Action Plan the Coorong fairy tern Sternula nereis, South Australia. Final Plan for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Acknowledgements The authors express thanks to the people who shared their ideas and gave their time and comments. We are particularly grateful to Associate Professor David Paton of the University of Adelaide and to the following staff from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Daniel Rogers, Peter Copley, Erin Sautter, Kerri-Ann Bartley, Arkellah Hall, Ben Taylor, Glynn Ricketts and Hafiz Stewart for the care with which they reviewed the original draft. Through the assistance of Lachlan Sutherland, we thank members of the Ngarrindjeri Nation who shared ideas, experiences and observations. Community volunteer wardens have contributed significant time and support in the monitoring of the Coorong fairy tern and the data collected has informed the development of the Plan. The authors gratefully appreciate that your time volunteering must be valued but one can never put a value on that time. Executive Summary The Local Action Plan for the Coorong fairy tern (the Plan) has been written in a way that, with a minimum of revision, may inform a National and State fairy tern Recovery Plan. -
Typical Owls Subfamily BUBONINAE Vigors: Hawk-Owls and Allies
Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 264 & 266. Order STRIGIFORMES: Owls Regarding the following nomina dubia, see under genus Aegotheles Vigors & Horsfield: Strix parvissima Ellman, 1861: Zoologist 19: 7465. Nomen dubium. Strix parvissima Potts, 1871: Trans. N.Z. Inst. 3: 68 – Rangitata River, Canterbury. Nomen dubium. Athene (Strix) parvissima Potts; Potts 1873, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 5: 172. Nomen dubium Family STRIGIDAE Leach: Typical Owls Strigidae Leach, 1819: Eleventh room. In Synopsis Contents British Museum 15th Edition, London: 64 – Type genus Strix Linnaeus, 1758. Subfamily BUBONINAE Vigors: Hawk-owls and Allies Bubonina Vigors, 1825: Zoological Journal 2: 393 – Type genus Bubo Dumeril, 1805. Genus † Sceloglaux Kaup Sceloglaux Kaup, 1848: Isis von Oken, Heft 41: col. 768 – Type species (by monotypy) Athene albifacies G.R. Gray, 1844 = Sceloglaux albifacies (G.R. Gray). As a subgenus of Ninox. A monotypic genus endemic to New Zealand. König et al. (1999) noted that the laughing owl and the fearful owl Nesasio solomonensis of the Solomon Islands were very similar species but whether this is due to a relationship or convergence is unknown. † Sceloglaux albifacies (G.R. Gray) Laughing Owl Extinct. Known from North and South Islands and Stewart Island / Rakiura. Fossils of this owl, especially at sites where they accumulated food remains, are abundant in drier eastern regions of both main islands (Worthy & Holdaway 2002). -
The Magazine of the Ornithological
BIRDS NEW ZEALAND Te Kahui Matai Manu o Aotearoa No.29 March 2021 The Magazine of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand NO.29 MARCH 2021 Proud sponsors of Birds New Zealand Find us in your local 3 From the President's Desk New World or PAKn’ Save 4 NZ Bird Annual Conference & AGM 2021 5 Notices of Motion 6 Call for Applications to BNZRF 2021 7 Satellite tagging of Bar-tailed Godwits 8 Tracking Tawaki in fjord ecosystems 9 New Zealand Bird Atlas summer update 10 Fiordland Storm Petrels in the Spotlight PUBLISHERS 14 Oscar Thomas - True Young Explorer Published on behalf of the members of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand (Inc), P.O. Box 834, Nelson 7040, New Zealand. 15 Movements of Black-fronted Terns Email: [email protected] Website: www.birdsnz.org.nz Editor: Michael Szabo, 6/238 The Esplanade, Island Bay, Wellington 6023. 16 Regional Roundup Email: [email protected] Tel: (04) 383 5784 R.H.D. Stidolph's 100-year legacy ISSN 2357-1586 (Print) ISSN 2357-1594 (Online) 19 We welcome advertising enquiries. Free classified ads for members are at the editor’s discretion. Articles or illustrations related to birds in New Zealand and the South Pacific region are welcome in electronic form, such as news about birds, COVER IMAGE members’ activities, birding sites, identification, letters, reviews, or photographs. Black Stilt or Kakī. Photo by Mike Ashbee. Copy deadlines are 10th Feb, May, Aug and 1st Nov. https://www.mikeashbeephotography.com/ Weka, Opportunist and Battler Pete’s Nest This recently published book about Weka by Ralph Powlesland Situated in the ancient treetops, overlooking the ocean, and and Agnes Takacs draws from a variety of sources, but mainly just 30 minutes north of Coromandel town, the property is an ongoing study of Weka at Manaroa by Mary and Ralph encapsulated by giant native trees and a plethora of resident Powlesland. -
AUSTRALIAN 2 Field Ornithology AUSTRALIAN 2 Olsen, TROST
AUSTRALIAN 2 OLSEN, TROST & MYERS FIELD ORNITHOLOGY Ninox owls on the island of Sumba, Indonesia: Above — Sumba Boobook near Wanga, Below — Little Sumba Hawk-Owl near Lewa Plate 2 Photos: J. Olsen & S. Trost 3 AUSTRALIAN FIELD ORNITHOLOGY 2009, 26, 2–14 Owls on the Island of Sumba, Indonesia JERRY OLSEN1, SUSAN TROST2 and SUSAN D. MYERS3 1Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601 244 Wybalena Grove, Cook, Australian Capital Territory 2614 317A Park Street, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 Summary Four owl species are said occur on the island of Sumba, Indonesia: Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica sumbaensis, Eastern Grass Owl T. longimembris, Sumba Boobook Ninox rudolfi, and the recently discovered Little Sumba Hawk-Owl N. sumbaensis. We describe behaviour, including vocalisations, of all except the Eastern Grass Owl, provide measurements of Eastern Barn Owl and Sumba Boobook specimens, including the first published weights, and the first egg measurements for Eastern Barn Owls on Sumba. We discuss the taxonomy of the Eastern Barn Owl and Sumba Boobook, and support a change of common name for Sumba Boobook to Sumba Hawk-Owl. Studies are urgently needed to determine the status and conservation of all four owl species said to occur on Sumba. Introduction The island of Sumba lies at 10°S and 120°E in the Lesser Sunda chain in south- eastern Indonesia (see Olsen & Trost 2007 for a description). Del Hoyo et al. (1999) listed three owls for Sumba. We add the recently discovered Little Sumba Hawk-Owl Ninox sumbaensis (Olsen, Wink et al. 2002) to Table 1. -
Loss of Genetic Diversity with Captive Breeding and Re-Introduction: a Case Study
Loss of genetic diversity with captive breeding and re-introduction: a case study on pateke/brown teal (An as chlorotis) Gemma Bowker-Wright A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Ecological Restoration Victoria University of Wellington 2008 Quote from Williams (2001) on the decline ofpateke: 'The retreat of this species, from ubiquity to remnant, during the past 130 years, has been, arguably, more dramatic than for any other of New Zealand's endemic birds'. To my parents for everything you have done and still do 11 Abstract Pateke/brown teal (Anas chlorotis) have experienced a severe population crash leaving only two remnant wild populations (at Great Barrier Island and Mimiwhangata, Northland). Recovery attempts over the last 35 years have focused on an intensive captive breeding programme which breeds pateke, sourced almost exclusively from Great Barrier Island, for release to establish re introduced populations in areas occupied in the past. While this important conservation measure may have increased pateke numbers, it was unclear how much oftheir genetic diversity was being retained. The goal of this study was to determine current levels of genetic variation in the remnant, captive and re introduced pateke populations using two types of molecular marker, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and microsatellite DNA. Feathers were collected from pateke at Great Barrier Island, Mimiwhangata, the captive breeding population and four re-introduced populations (at Moehau, Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Tiritiri Matangi Island and Mana Island). DNA was extracted fi·om the base of the feathers, the mitochondrial DNA control region was sequenced, and DNA microsatellite markers were used to genotype individuals. -
Volume 28 Number 1 August 2010
BOOBOOK JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN RAPTOR ASSOCIATION Volume 28 Number 1 August 2010 ARA CONTACTS President: Victor Hurley 0427 238 898 [email protected] Acting Secretary David Whelan 0412 234 387 [email protected] Treasurer VACANT Webmaster VACANT Editor, Boobook Dr Stephen Debus 02 6772 1710 (ah) [email protected] Boobook production Hugo Phillipps Area Representatives: ACT Mr Jerry Olsen [email protected] NSW Dr Rod Kavanagh [email protected] NT Mr Ray Chatto [email protected] Qld Mr Stacey McLean [email protected] SA Mr Ian Falkenberg [email protected] WA Mr Jonny Schoenjahn [email protected] Tas Mr Nick Mooney [email protected] Vic (acting) Mr David Whelan [email protected] New Zealand VACANT PNG/Indonesia Dr David Bishop [email protected] Other BOPWatch liaison Victor Hurley [email protected] Editor, Circus Victor Hurley Captive raptor advisor Michelle Manhal 0418 387 424 [email protected] Education advisor Greg Czechura 07 3840 7642 (bh) [email protected] Raptor management Nick Mooney 0427 826 922 [email protected] advisor Membership enquiries Membership Officer, Birds Australia, Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053 Ph. 1300 730 075, [email protected] Annual subscription $A30 single membership, $A35 family and $A45 for institutions, due on 1 January. Bankcard and MasterCard can be debited by prior arrangement. Website: www.ausraptor.org.au The aims of the Association are the study, conservation and management of diurnal and nocturnal raptors of the Australasian Faunal Region.