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Story: Gulls, terns and skuas

Model gull

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Model gull

Various methods have been used to discourage birds from congregating near airports. When this model of a dead red-billed gull was placed on the ground, it deterred birds of that species.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Zoology-Birds-Seagull-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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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/6122/model-gull (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 2 March 2009.