Guest analogue wings Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Kakapo population over 100 mark A long-running campaign to save the kakapo has hit a milestone with the population now confirmed at over 100, Conservation Minister Tim Groser said today. The kakapo population has for decades been only in double figures, but a Department of Conservation kakapo recovery team set up over 20 years ago has been working to grow it. Mr Groser said the recovery team had been watching a handful of chicks hatch on Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, over the past few days. Those developments meant the world population of kakapo was now 103 – more than double the number of kakapo alive a little over a decade ago. Mr Groser said the recovery team was expecting a bumper breeding season this year, with hopes of more than 30 chicks hatching in coming weeks. The recovery work has been carried out in partnership with Forest and Bird and NZ Aluminium Smelters, with over $3 million having been injected towards breeding programmes and predator proof sanctuaries. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-975499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-975503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Their booms are pretty IDM. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-975512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oibibibio Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 awwww Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-975558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Awesome Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-975595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 kakapo=most underrated poster Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-975614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lady kakapo Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Now they just need to be taught not to try to make friends with rats, and that their tactic of standing still when confronted by predators is a bit useless when you're a big, fat ground parrot. Incidentally 'kakapo' makes that same booming noise when he's feeling horny, and is also an evolutionary dead end, hence his nickname. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43478-happy-100th-kakapo/#findComment-976083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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