The Big Gull - Karoro

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The Big Gull - Karoro

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This Land of Birds edition sees Kiwi naturalist Sir Robert Falla train his binoculars on the black-backed gull, or karoro. Familiar to most New Zealanders from stealing their hot chips, it's one of the few natives to have boomed in numbers since humans arrived in NZ, after adapting to feeding in “the effluent of human affluence”. The film follows the large bird's life cycle and examines its relationship with people, from airports (birdstrike risk) to farms (where they help control insects but...

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Video

Date created

1978

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national film unit / nfu / black backed gull / black-backed gull / black-billed gull / red-billed gull / red billed gull / black bulled gull / nelson / rubbish dump / sewerage / ocean beach / scavenger / airport / birdstrike / bird strike / meatworks / abattoir / matiu-somes / somes island / tern / seagull / pest

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