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NZ Village decides to switch off street lights to save rare bird species   Published On 24 December,2020 09:54 am The birds are believed to be confused by the street lights and crash on to the road. AUCKLAND (Dunya News) – A village in New Zealand has decided to turn off the street lights from November to January in an attempt to save rare bird species Westland petrels, who arrive in the town from far flung areas. Blackish-brown birds with ivory beaks are believed to be confused by the st...

Westland Petrel Conservation Trust The Westland Petrel Conservation Trust and DOC release fledglings found disoriented, but others are not so lucky and can be hit by a car or eaten by predators. Weeks after street lights were turned off at night in a small West Coast community to help migrating Westland petrel chicks, environmentalists have a new conundrum – the little birds are now crashing further south. Between November and January many fledglings leave their burrows in Punakaiki to embar...