{"id":138,"date":"2015-02-10T23:42:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T23:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/?p=138"},"modified":"2015-03-20T02:19:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T02:19:04","slug":"follow-the-huttons-shearwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/follow-the-huttons-shearwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Hutton&#8217;s Shearwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a three-year trial period of translocating Hutton\u2019s Shearwater chicks from the mountains to the man-made colony (Te Rae o Atiu) on the Kaikoura Peninsula, monitoring of bird numbers began by the Hutton\u2019s Shearwater Charitable Trust.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A predator-proof fence around the colony was completed in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>After fledging from Te Rae o Atiu, the chicks fly to the coast of Australia and return around three years later to this new colony to breed. Within 10-15 years there should be enough birds returning to make this a sustainable colony.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-150 \" src=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nicky-mcarthur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nicky-mcarthur.jpg 400w, https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nicky-mcarthur-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicky MacArthur, a trustee,\u00a0holds\u00a0a Hutton&#8217;s Shearwater chick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nicky-mcarthur-young-bird.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nicky-mcarthur-young-bird.jpg 600w, https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nicky-mcarthur-young-bird-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Hutton&#8217;s Shearwater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bird-in-box.jpg\" alt=\"bird-in-box\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bird-in-box.jpg 600w, https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bird-in-box-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Hutton&#8217;s Shearwater chick\u00a0settles into a\u00a0nesting box at\u00a0Te Rae o Atiu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/growth-chart.jpg\" alt=\"The graph is updated each year.\" width=\"600\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/growth-chart.jpg 600w, https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/growth-chart-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The graph is updated each year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is thought that this is the largest transfer of seabird chicks from the wild to create a new colony anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chick-on-grass.jpg\" alt=\"chick-on-grass\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chick-on-grass.jpg 600w, https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chick-on-grass-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All photos supplied by Nicky McArthur.<\/p>\n<p>Related SmartStory: <a title=\"Geoff in the Mountains\" href=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/stories\/geoff-in-the-mountains\/\">Geoff in the Mountains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huttonsshearwater.org.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.huttonsshearwater.org.nz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-148 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstory.nz\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/huttons-trust-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a three-year trial period of translocating Hutton\u2019s Shearwater chicks from the mountains to the man-made colony (Te Rae o Atiu) on the Kaikoura Peninsula, monitoring of bird numbers began by the Hutton\u2019s Shearwater Charitable 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