Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot

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Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot

Postby Clinton9 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:44 pm

Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot. :(


See this....https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/ ... d=12203787
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Re: Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot

Postby TheBirderman » Thu May 02, 2019 5:24 pm

Clinton9 wrote:Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot. :(


See this....https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/ ... d=12203787

Aw crap, there goes the next breeding species in NZ. At least we still got the Cattle Egrets.
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Re: Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sat May 18, 2019 6:08 pm

Thanks for the link, Clinton.
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Re: Kaipara pelicans vanish with residents fearing they have been shot

Postby Jim_j » Sun May 19, 2019 7:40 pm

Must have been a very slow news day- no evidence of any shooting, no witness to any shooting and the majority of people quoted dismissing the idea - but what the he'll let's make that the headline!!

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