Fledgling scientist helps karearea:A student is contributing to research on how to increase numbers of native falcons

摘要

While many secondary school leavers have been toiling away in low-paying summer retail jobs, Jessica Le Grice has been paid to feed juvenile New Zealand falcons. The 17 year old, recently graduated from Papakura High School, was one of the six students to receive the BayerBoost scholarship for 2012.The scholarship is worth $5000 and funds Jessica's work assisting a Massey University Masters project to introduce four juvenile falcons, or karearea, in the Hunua Ranges south-east of Auckland.