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Introduction of species to Mana Island

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Mana Island (foreground)

• ... that Nigel, "the world's loneliest gannet", attempted to mate with a concrete decoy bird on Mana Island, New Zealand (island pictured)? "The World's Loneliest Gannet Has Died by The Side of His Only Love" from: Brulliard, Karin (3 February 2018). "The World's Loneliest Gannet Has Died by The Side of His Only Love". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 May 2020.and "He quickly took a liking to one of the concrete replicas ... He was seen wooing her by preening her. Nigel was also seen trying to mate with her" from: Joseph, Yonette (4 February 2018). "The Life and Death of Nigel, the World's Loneliest Seabird". The New York Times.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hossein Kazempour Ardebili

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC).

• I'm onto it! Schwede66 06:33, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

• newness = moved to mainspace yesterday
• length = plenty long enough
• sourced = nicely referenced
• neutral = no issues
• plagiarismfree = Earwig's Copyvio Detector was happy
• policyother = I've posted some thoughts on the article's talk page; those issues are unrelated to the DYK process.
• hookcited = All good.
• hookinterest = The hook is brilliant.
• qpq = done
• status =
• comments = It's a very nice piece of work! You should add a photo to this nomination (File:Mana and Kapiti Islands.jpg) because it would make a nice lead hook.
• sign = Schwede66 08:52, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your review and article improvements Schwede66, I've addressed your points on the talk page. Image added - Dumelow (talk) 05:54, 25 May 2020 (UTC)