Conservation biologist and former astrophysicist. Scientist for threatened birds with the #kakapo and #takahe programmes at the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Avatar: @blackmudpuppy.bsky.social
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Bird flu has reached New Zealand – what this means and what comes nextThe confirmation of the bird flu virus in a brown skua appears to be a single detection. Ongoing surveillance will be essential to detect any further cases.theconversation.com
New paper! 🐧 We sequenced 249 hoiho / yellow-eyed penguins across mainland Aotearoa New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic to understand their history and why a deadly chick disease is hitting the mainland population so hard. #Science #Conservation #Genomics #NZWildlife www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kākāpō action this week is about the chicks - all 94 of them. I've just spent a week on Whenua Hou, recording with kākāpō rangers as they work day and night to ensure the chicks survive and thrive. #kakapo #birds #conservation @digs.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/wild...
Kākāpō Files II 15 | Kākāpō Island Diary episode of Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files IIAlison Ballance spends a week on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, one of three kākāpō breeding islands. She follows rangers from DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme as they go about their daily and nightly nest...www.rnz.co.nzYou won't find many kākāpō Easter eggs in the latest episode of the, Kākāpō Files ... because they've all hatched! And by every measure, this is now officially the biggest breeding season on record. #kakapo #conservation #birds www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kaka...
Biggest Kākāpō Breeding Season episode of Kākāpō Files IIDOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme says that the 2026 kākāpō breeding season is officially the biggest on record, and that all chicks have now hatched. At least 256 eggs were laid in 80 nests, of which a...www.rnz.co.nz
Please share far & wide - the bestest, most heart warming thing you’ll see all day. Kakapo-Cam - watch one of the fattest, greenest, least able to fly, most endangered parrots in the world care for her young. Thnx @digs.bsky.social #kakapo #wildlife 🧪🧪 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
“Viewers have been absolutely hooked.” Over 100,000 tune in to watch rare New Zealand parrot raising her chicks | Discover WildlifeReality TV meets conservation – Kākāpō Cam is the most heartwarming thing you'll see all day.www.discoverwildlife.com
Let me start a belated thread of Aotearoa New Zealand silvan birds. To lead things off, a New Zealand Bellbird photographed on Kapiti Island.