#kakapo — Public Fediverse posts
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Kākāpō rising:the population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the much-loved kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree
Photograph: NZ Department of Conservation#photography
#conservation
#birds
#NewZealand
#parrots
#Kākāpō -
Kākāpō rising:the population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the much-loved kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree
Photograph: NZ Department of Conservation#photography
#conservation
#birds
#NewZealand
#parrots
#Kākāpō -
Kākāpō rising:the population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the much-loved kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree
Photograph: NZ Department of Conservation#photography
#conservation
#birds
#NewZealand
#parrots
#Kākāpō -
Kākāpō rising:the population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the much-loved kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree
Photograph: NZ Department of Conservation#photography
#conservation
#birds
#NewZealand
#parrots
#Kākāpō -
Kākāpō rising:the population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the much-loved kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree
Photograph: NZ Department of Conservation#photography
#conservation
#birds
#NewZealand
#parrots
#Kākāpō -
Aye, They're working on it.
There's a feature-length documentary about it (the conservation of kakapo & takahe):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZD4LfBuhUY
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From Thieving Parrots To Boozy Pigeons: Why New Zealand Is Obsessed With Its Native Birds
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/26/from-thieving-parrots-to-boozy-pigeons-why-new-zealand-is-obsessed-with-its-native-birds <-- shared media article
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