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FALLEN FROM GRACE

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Birds NZ volunteer Ian Southey and the Fairy Tern Trust have been monitoring goby numbers in the Mangawhai Harbour. A 2014 study found gobies were the most important food species for fairy terns, and that Mangawhai birds feed near mangroves. Southey believes food shortages may be impacting breeding: “Overseas studies suggest that when food is short or poor quality, small terns lay fewer eggs.”
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 162 March - April 2020.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/fallen-from-grace/
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Birds NZ volunteer Ian Southey and the Fairy Tern Trust have been monitoring goby numbers in the Mangawhai Harbour. A 2014 study found gobies were the most important food species for fairy terns, and that Mangawhai birds feed near mangroves. Southey believes food shortages may be impacting breeding: “Overseas studies suggest that when food is short or poor quality, small terns lay fewer eggs.”<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 162 March - April 2020.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/fallen-from-grace/