Pigeons in Paris
Throwback Thursday to that time I finally fulfilled my goal of catching a pigeon, sort of. Close enough
-AWESOME!! you are lucky!!!
didn’t let me add a comment, but awesome – you are super lucky!
Pigeons in Paris
Throwback Thursday to that time I finally fulfilled my goal of catching a pigeon, sort of. Close enough
-AWESOME!! you are lucky!!!
didn’t let me add a comment, but awesome – you are super lucky!
Throwback Thursday to that time I finally fulfilled my goal of catching a pigeon, sort of. Close enough
-AWESOME!! you are lucky!!!
tbis is eternally in my top 5 favorite images
for those of you who don’t know: ravens can learn to talk! but there’s a second surprise – their voices are deeper than should be possible and exude raw power!

Strigops kakapo / Kakapo.
Strigops habroptila (Gray 1845) –
Protonyme : Strigops habroptilus :
Māori – kākāpō ;
Français – Strigops kakapo – Kakapo – Perroquet-hibou – Whakapapa _ Perroquet de nuit ;
Anglais – Kakapo – Owl parrot – Night parrot ;
Espagnol – Kakapo ;
Allemand – Kakapo ;
Portugais – Kakapo ;
Russe – Какапо – совиный попугай ;
Néerlandais : Kakapo ;
Italien – Kakapo ;
Chinois – 鴞鸚鵡 ;
japonais – フクロウオウム
…Ordre : Psittaciformes /
Famille : Strigopidés – Strigopidae /
Sous-famille : Strigopinae (Bonaparte 1849) /
Genre : Strigops (Gray 1845) /
Espèce : habroptila – Espèce monotypique /
Taille : 64 cm – Poids : 2 000 à 4 000 g /
Longévité : 20 ans.Kakapo “Trevor” feeding on ripe poroporo fruit
par Department of Conservation /
Photo: Don Merton, 2001. / (CC BY 2.0)¤ ♥