Twillow
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A tweet about some kind of Bird of the Year in New Zealand voting popped up in my newsfeed last night and I thought of you and Cat the bird watchers.
They had such lovely pics of so many birds and an option to learn more where I could hear each bird call. Made me want to run right out and hop a cab to NZ to explore all the birds.
The winner this year was the Kôkako.
Copied from the Forest & Bird website:
Best known for its deep organ-like call, the Kôkako is a large slate-grey bird with blue wattles.
Once threatened with extinction there were just 660 Kôkako left in 1999. But today, their numbers have passed 3000 individuals, and populations are recovering thanks to predator control and translocation programmes.
A tweet about some kind of Bird of the Year in New Zealand voting popped up in my newsfeed last night and I thought of you and Cat the bird watchers.
They had such lovely pics of so many birds and an option to learn more where I could hear each bird call. Made me want to run right out and hop a cab to NZ to explore all the birds.
The winner this year was the Kôkako.
Copied from the Forest & Bird website:
Best known for its deep organ-like call, the Kôkako is a large slate-grey bird with blue wattles.
Once threatened with extinction there were just 660 Kôkako left in 1999. But today, their numbers have passed 3000 individuals, and populations are recovering thanks to predator control and translocation programmes.
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31-Dec-2016 02:48:03
