Fairy tern chick and egg
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Fairy tern chick and egg
Well camouflaged among the shells and sand, a tiny fairy tern chick sits beside an egg (centre). They are so small, they would barely count as a canapé for a hungry predator, yet stoats, rats, hedgehogs, cats, dogs and gulls pick them out. New Zealand’s subspecies of fairy tern is extremely endangered – just four pairs were breeding in 1996. The Department of Conservation is attempting to save them from extinction by protecting them from predators and vehicles. There were 10 pairs in 2004.
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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10026326
Photograph by G. R. Parrish
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