FfFfFfFF 58,080 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 What started 15 years ago as a modest promotion to draw attention to New Zealand’s native birds, many of which are endangered, has become a phenomenon. Back then an entry page in the NZ Forest & Bird magazine had to be ripped out, filled in and posted. Last year more than 40,000 votes were cast online. As ever, heavyweight names are chiming in. Word is the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is backing the black petrel again this year. “She calls it the Bogan Bird because it dresses in black” says Laura Keown, spokesperson for Bird of the Year 2020. Recent Birds Of The Year include the plump wood pigeon, the Kererū, with its green, copper and white dreamcoat, that alpine thief, the Kea and the Forrest Gump of the skies, the bar-tailed godwit which have just returned to New Zealand from Siberia, a non-stop flight of some 12,000 kilometres. More: https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/voting-opens-in-new-zealands-beloved-bird-of-the-year-competition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahb 17,187 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said: I'd vote for the Tui, I saw one in a nature reserve in Wellington and I was obsessed with it. I mean it has little pom pom balls on its neck what's not to love? Do you feel him sir? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,080 Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, sarahb said: I'd vote for the Tui, I saw one in a nature reserve in Wellington and I was obsessed with it. I mean it has little pom pom balls on its neck what's not to love? You can vote here: https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahb 17,187 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just now, FfFfFfFF said: You can vote here: https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/. It feels wrong with me not being a New Zealander though Do you feel him sir? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,080 Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, sarahb said: It feels wrong with me not being a New Zealander though Me as a South-Eastern European after voting 3 times: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipper 13,114 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 The periwinkle bird looks so good! I love the color! 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon 10,930 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 this is pretty cool and random at the same time ... and now i just sit in silence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,080 Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Kākāpō won. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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