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This beautiful girl is nesting in the Lilly Pilly near my mothers house. She’s busy defending her egg from the local Butcher Birds (I think my mum might be helping her a bit sometimes).

– she is GORGEOUS! props to your mom for helping another mom out! moms stick together!

Today’s bird is: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

heartbeat-of-leafy-limbs:

EILEEN MAYO Kakapo [2005]

mokacahuete:

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)

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flamebunnyy:

bwack.
kakapo – best parrot.

todays bird is: cooper’s hawk!

jinzlers:

also if anyone’s curious why my wife and I only post watercolors when visiting her parents, it’s because her mom actually knows how the hell to use the things and here’s a kakapo she gave us last christmas (with charging cable to cover signature/for scale I guess)