Mar 14, 2008 / Kaikoura Peninsula / Hutton's shearwater
Supplemental Feedings:  |
Yes
|
Feeding Duration (in days): |
Not Located
|
Marked With: |
Leg Bands
|
Monitored By: |
Sight
|
Monitoring Duration: |
Not Located
|
Number Survived 1 Week: |
99
|
Percentage Survived 1 Week: |
99.00
|
Number Survived 1 Month: |
98
|
Percentage Survived 1 Month: |
98.00
|
Number Survived 1 Year: |
Not Located
|
Percentage Survived 1 Year: |
Not Located
|
Main Cause of Death: |
Predation
|
Breeding Attempted: |
Not Located
|
Breeding Successful: |
Not Located
|
Return Allowed: |
Not Located
|
Return To Homesite: |
Not Located
|
Distance: |
Not Located
|
Number Returned: |
Not Located
|
Percentage Returned: |
Not Located
|
Notes: |
60 chicks were transferred from Kowhai colony in helicopter on March 5, remaining 40 chicks were transferred on March 6.
Gates were placed outside entrance of each burrow to prevent chicks from entering tunnel. They were removed on the 4th or 5th day after March 5-6th. The first chick to be released was 4 nights after the gates were removed. It is assumed that this is 4 days from March 10 (i.e. the 14th). However, it still could be March 12 or 13th when the first chick fledged.
2 birds died - one of predation and another from natural causes.
8 abandoned chicks were donated to the Department of Conservation in addition to the 100 translocated chicks. One was euthanized, and another died for unknown reasons. The remaining 6 (75%) are presumed to have fledged successfully.
|
Data submitted by: |
Jessica Beltran
|