Otago University students have been working with DOC in the Mackenzie Basin to monitor black stilts. Twelve students from Otago University got hands on with the Mackenzie Basin's rare black stilts this week as part of an annual field trip with the Department of Conservation. (file photo)Seddon, who directs the Wildlife Management Programme at the university, said it is a two-way benefit. Mytchall Bransgrove/Stuff The Department of Conservation black stilt aviary in Twizel. (file photo)They also carried out black stilt monitoring on the Tasman delta in the “perfect weather”, Seddon said.

Source: Stuff July 27, 2020 00:22 UTC