A large group of islands off the coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura, a major breeding ground for mutton birds.
ravens gathered on the mutton bird islands to feed on eggs and chicks
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- Year after year all the females on the muttonbird islands lay their eggs in the last week of November.
- The short-tailed bat from Stewart Island and the Southern Muttonbird Islands has already been described.
- South Cape Island perhaps contains more mutton birds than any other island, and is about the largest of the Mutton Bird Islands.
- An interesting sidelight of the mutton bird islands is that some are almost overrun by tiger snakes.
- She capsized while sailing from Bluff to the Muttonbird Islands with nine people on board.
- Many of us have spent time on the muttonbird islands, working in the sheds or in the rookeries.
- They are being tagged as the population grows between Rakiura and Titi Islands (Stewart Island and the Muttonbird Islands).
- A team has been scouring the coast of the southern South Island and Stewart and the Muttonbird Islands.
- It is one of the best harbours for canoes en route to and from the muttonbird islands.
- Vegetation and flora are described for the following Muttonbird Islands, south-west of Stewart Island.