I heard of an American who was working in New Zealand who would not
tick a bird unless it was in its natural distribution. Hence, any
translocated bird would not be tickable. This is rather extreme, and
it means that no Kakapo can ever be ticked again!
For such birds, a common version is that you can only count
offspring of translocated individuals. It's a long time to wait
for a self-sustaining population to be proven, if that's the
criterion, so this bred bird may be a fair compromise.
But what if a bird is removed from an island so rats can be
eradicated, then moved back onto it? Do two translocations cancel
each other out?!
Cheers, Phil.
Phil Battley,
Australian School of Environmental Studies,
Griffith University,
Nathan,
Queensland 4111,
Australia.
Ph: 0061-7-3875-7474
Fax:0061-7-3875-7459
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