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Rediscovery of the takahē, 1948

1948 photo of 3 men with 2 rediscovered takahē, Lake Orbell.

Joan Watson (nee Telfer), Rex Watson and Neil McCrostie with two of the rediscovered takahē, on the shore of a lake now known as Lake Orbell, in November 1948.

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