Great summary of the perilous last 60-70 years of kākāpō history. I love watching Rakiura Live Cam. I normally scroll back to see the (now) two chicks, left by themselves while Rakiura feeds. It is fascinating to see them growing and to watch her feed them when she returns. They are a weird species! But loveable.
🙋 Only ONE chick now, as the older one has been moved to another foster mother. Both chicks were doing well, but with Rimu fruit being late/not ripening on Whenua Hou it is easier for Rakiura to feed one very high value chick as they grow & need more food each day. 🤗
👍 Excellent summary & cool drawings 🤔 For those heading over to the live channel, if you click on the "Department of Conservation" words underneath, you can see some highlight clips, particuarly interesting when a Ranger comes to check the chicks while Rakiura is absent, when they explain what they are doing & bonus is when their headlamps make the feed into colour instead of the gray-scale we get with the infrared that is normal on this feed 🥳 I generally have at least 2 or 3 live feeds of birds going, but this "weird parrot" is particularly engaging, not least because I MAY have seen her on a visit to Whenua Hou in the past - some resident Kakapo wandered up around the HQ & I like to imagine she was one of them 😂
Great summary of the perilous last 60-70 years of kākāpō history. I love watching Rakiura Live Cam. I normally scroll back to see the (now) two chicks, left by themselves while Rakiura feeds. It is fascinating to see them growing and to watch her feed them when she returns. They are a weird species! But loveable.
They are so adorable! Thanks for the suggestion.
🙋 Only ONE chick now, as the older one has been moved to another foster mother. Both chicks were doing well, but with Rimu fruit being late/not ripening on Whenua Hou it is easier for Rakiura to feed one very high value chick as they grow & need more food each day. 🤗
Thanks Cindy - I must have another look. It must be very confusing for Rakiura!
👍 Excellent summary & cool drawings 🤔 For those heading over to the live channel, if you click on the "Department of Conservation" words underneath, you can see some highlight clips, particuarly interesting when a Ranger comes to check the chicks while Rakiura is absent, when they explain what they are doing & bonus is when their headlamps make the feed into colour instead of the gray-scale we get with the infrared that is normal on this feed 🥳 I generally have at least 2 or 3 live feeds of birds going, but this "weird parrot" is particularly engaging, not least because I MAY have seen her on a visit to Whenua Hou in the past - some resident Kakapo wandered up around the HQ & I like to imagine she was one of them 😂
it's amazing how hard it is to undo the damage we've done to wildlife-kudos to those working on saving these birds.