Amanda
Saxton 05:00, Jan 20 2019
A bird in
the hand is worth a whole heap of conservation cred for one Kiwi couple. Amanda
Saxton joins the hunt.
"No,
no, no, no, you silly bugger," scolds Morag Fordham, as a North Island
robin crashes into her net.
Snaring
the right species is difficult on the Hauraki Gulf's Tiritiri Matangi, a
sanctuary island where laughing saddlebacks and rogue robins can dart past
your nose at any moment.
Morag and
her husband Simon have set up what looks like a bush volleyball court on a
forest track. They're trying to catch New Zealand's tiniest avian – the
rifleman, named for its military-green feathers and weighing the same as two
ten cent coins – to band adolescents' bare ankles.
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