Scarecrows and excavators join forces to protect rare gull colony
Two scarecrows and an excavation company are together helping protect the world’s most endangered gull from harrier attacks at a North Canterbury breeding site.
The Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group (ARRG) turned to the ancient pest control method and erected Linda, the scarecrow, near the black-billed gull (tarāpuka) colony, last month.
She has proven very efficient, ARRG chairman Nick Ledgard said, and a second scarecrow has since been added at the other end of the breeding ground. Continue reading here.
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