10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2012
They are excellent opportunists, and have developed a taste for meat to an extent almost unrivalled in the parrot order. For many years they were persecuted by farmers for preying on sheep, but in fact they will indeed do just that if they can. That bill isn’t just for nuts. Kea are pretty loud. Hint – do not feed Kea.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2014
Next were the wet meadows of Tunstall Marshes (cover photo), where grazing sheep awaited us and, among them, Mute Swans. Hundreds of Pink-footed Geese were landing in that field, possibly to roost for the night, a mere 50 meters from us, with heads as dark as the Bean Geese , but close enough to see their meat-pink feet.
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