Apr 07, 2005 / Benneydale 3 (Ted's Patch) / North Island Robin (Toutouwai)
CAPTURE AND RELEASE DATE: Between April 7 - June 4, 2005. Date listed is an estimate and not the exact date. Birds were mostly captured and released on the same day because capture site was at the most 10km away from release fragment. RELEASE SITE FRAGMENT NAME in BENNYDALE, New Zealand: TED'S PATCH. 2/3 of the translocated robins survived until the next breeding season and settled at this release site. Of all 135 translocated robins to Bennydale fragments, 112 had transitters, but only 81 fates could be determined. So on the whole, 13 (16%) died within 4 weeks, 33 (41%) remained in the fragment they were released to after 4 weeks, and 35 (43%) had dispered from the fragment they were released to. Fates per site, with the exception of the number of birds settling in the fragment, were not given in the report.
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Jessica Beltran
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