On a sandy shore under the green canopy of a willow, Richard Bowman unties the rope securing a tinny, pushes off, and jumps in. After some careful manoeuvring through the willow branches, the little boat emerges on flat, calm Lake Hayes to a view of snow-dusted Coronet Peak against a blue sky. With him, Richard has a pair of binoculars, a clipboard and a pencil: all he needs to complete his monthly count of the lake s population of Australasian crested grebes - or pūteketeke. If the bird s name sounds familiar, it might be because it was - controversially - crowned Forest and Bird s Bird of the Century in 2023, after comedian John Oliver launched a self-proclaimed alarmingly aggressive ...
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