Tagged: black robin

‘Old Blue’ an antidote to conservation fatigue - Scibooks

SciBooks • Feb 21, 2014 •

• Birds of New Zealand,
• black robin,
• book review,
• classics,
• conservation,
• Scibooks,
• scibooks,
• Science

by Sophie Fern REVIEW: Black Robin Country: The Chatham Islands and its wildlife. by David Cemmick and Dick Veitch Hodder and Stoughton, 1985 The story of the survival of the black robins and their matriarch ‘Old Blue’ is well known, but this is a legendary snapshot of the project at a time when no one … Read More

Conserving Don Merton’s achievements - The Atavism

David Winter • Apr 19, 2011 •

• black robin,
• conservation,
• don merton,
• kakapo,
• sci-blogs

Don Merton holding Richard Henry, an important Kakapo. Photo is CC 3.0 from here (thanks to Errol Nye from DoC) Don Merton probably saved more species from extinction than anyone on earth. If it wasn't for his efforts we would have lost the Chatham Isl... Read More