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003			OCoLC
005			20170829105214.0
008			170529s2017 xx 000 0 eng d
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035			_a(OCoLC)988052060
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX _dBDX _dBTCTA
082			_a598.29931
100			_aCuthbert, Richard, _932782 _eeditor.
245	1	0	_aSeabirds beyond the Mountain Crest : _bthe history, natural history and conservation of hutton?s... shearwater.
260			_aDunedin [NZ] _bOtago University Press _c2017.
300			_a220 p. _c24 cm.
520			_aSeabirds Beyond the Mountain Crest tells the fascinating story of New Zealands endemic Huttons shearwater, a species that breeds only at two remote locations, high in the Kaikoura Mountains. Amateur ornithologist Geoff Harrow is the person most closely associated with the story of Huttons shearwater, for it was Geoff who discovered the two remaining nesting sites in the 1960s. For five decades he visited the mountains whenever he could to observe and record the birds, and to encourage the Department of Conservation and its predecessors to take steps to conserve this endangered species. As a result, scientist Richard Cuthbert was to spend three years living with 200,000 Huttons shearwaters and their neighbours, studying their behaviour, observing their interactions, measuring and recording facts and figures to build a detailed picture of why and how these birds had survived. The discoveries over time of Richard and his co-workers turned received wisdom on its head and revealed a whole new predator story. Richards beautifully written, witty account of the challenge and exasperation, the heartbreak and hardship, and the sheer joy of conservation fieldwork in a remote environment is beautifully interwoven with other fascinating stories of the discovery of the species by nineteenth-century scientists and collectors, and Geo Harrows discovery of the nesting grounds and subsequent long involvement with this species.
650		0	_932783 _aHutton's shearwater.
650		0	_927251 _aEndangered species _zNew Zealand.
650		0	_932784 _aWildlife conservation _zNew Zealand.
650		0	_932785 _aSea birds _zNew Zealand.
650		0	_930565 _aBirds _zNew Zealand.
942			_2ddc _cNZNONFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS
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