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Special Kiwi Gets to Fly
Posted by DoC Ranger
Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
A very special delivery flew across the alps this week thanks to Air New Zealand and the friendly staff at Hokitika Airport. A young chick, discovered in a burrow when rangers went in expecting to find an egg, had a seat all to itself on the little plane. The chick was delivered into the safe hands of Cory-Ann, who reports it is doing well in the chick-rearing facility at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch.
Special delivery
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- Chicks Hatched
- 21
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- 5
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Stealthy stoats are kiwi chicks’ worst predator. In the wild, only 10% of young birds survive to six months, and fewer than 5% grow to adulthood.
