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Airport sign

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Airport sign

Signs have been placed near airports to discourage people from attracting birds with food and rubbish.

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Gerard Hutching, Gulls, terns and skuas – Black-backed gulls, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6123/airport-sign (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 2 March 2009.