Exciting times on Anchor Island as we check #kakapo nests for hatching. We’re letting eggs hatch in nests to reduce management intensity. Last night I found these two newly-hatched chicks in Konini’s nest, along with a fertile egg I carried back under a lunar eclipse. #kakapo2026 #conservation
A kākāpō chick in a nest with an egg. Credit: Deidre Vercoe
The first #kakapo chick for four years hatched two days ago (on Valentine’s Day for those who like to anthropomorphise!). Here’s Tiwhiri-A1-2026 in Yasmine’s nest. 📸: Deidre Vercoe. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds
If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
Celebrities and venture capitalists throw millions at a company claiming it can breed fake dodos, which seems especially cruel given the dodo’s living relative., the Samoan tooth-billed pigeon or manumea, is on the brink of extinction for lack of money. news.mongabay.com/2025/09/fund...
Totally!
He was up there but got pipped at the post
This!
implication is that they've been there all along minding their own business. people don't realize how rugged, remote and unexplored a lot of New Zealand is
Collage of 9 artworks featuring native birds by artist Judi Lapsley Miller
It's my favourite time of year! Time to announce which bird raised the most for conservation 🤩🐦
Who do you think reigned supreme?
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#birds #nzbirds #birdart #artbyjlm #conservationfundraising #conservationart
It was awful! So noisy for days on end. Couldn't escape it.
Photo-art of a ruru morepork owl in profile with a huge eye against a blurry green and gold background. The style of the artwork has a pastel vibe.
Thought it was time to update my avatar. This wee ruru is called "The Stargazer"
#nzbirds #birdart #artbyjlm #fineart #photoart
Happy news for kiwi pukupuku fans! These kiwi are genetically bottlenecked, with only about four birds contributing to the current known population's genetics. Additional genetic diversity could make a huge difference in protecting this taonga species from extinction. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Those in NZ: you can see #kakapo and #takahe on last night's Fiordland episode of Endangered Species Aotearoa on TVNZ. Streaming on TVNZ+ #conservation #birds
I love Mad Magazine
done!
Apparently this isn't even made up!
Photo of a quizzical tūī bird looking at the photographer
This tūī has opinions!
#captionthis #birds #birdphotography
Favourite new word. 'Wofination' 🤓
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What the Andromeda galaxy would look like from earth if it was a bit brighter
Thank you!
So happy to hear that Pepper the Cockatoo from Staglands has been found! She's such a character.
www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/24/e...
thank you 🙏
Tūī in profile with forehead covered in pollen.
As they feed on the flax flowers, their head gets covered in pollen.
Close-up of tūī showing her brush-tipped tongue and pollen covered head
Tūī are nectar feeders and have a brush-tipped tongue to slurp it up more easily.
Bird perched on flax stem feeding on nectar
Bird walking along flax stem
Bird on flowering flax stem
Bird posed on flax stem
Gotta love a classic tūī feeding on wharariki flax photo op!
#nzbird #zealandia #tui #birdphotography #birds
now over 200,000!! 200,275 as at 8:42 am
A Sharon Murdoch cartoon depicting the Tino Rangatiratanga flag as a wave crashing over Luxon, Peters, and Seymour. Seymour has a speech bubble which says 'it'll die down."
Toitū Te Tiriti! Kei kona a wairua tonu ahau. It's how we are here. It's why we can stay. It protects people and planet. It stands in the way of unfettered exploitation of both. Anyone who thinks that's a BAD thing should be ashamed.
do give herself a big hug and happy birthday from me and L <3
"Everyone’s a sellout now"
Naomi Klein is quoted (via The Guardian) saying the biggest change in the world since 1999 is "neoliberalism has created so much precarity that the commodification of the self is now seen as the only route to any kind of economic security."
Wellington has got the "bird sitting on power line" upgrade package.
