On Nov 24, 2011, at 10:42 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Ha! A fun shot. > > What kind of bird is that? We certainly don't have anything like that up here!
Sorry I should have mentioned... it's a kea which is the world's only mountain parrot, endemic to NZ. As you can see they're a pretty decent size and that beak is probably something you wouldn't want to tangle with. They are not shy... in fact they're highly inquisitive. And also highly destructive. They have a penchant for ripping apart all of the rubber bits on your car: windscreen wipers, rubber window seals, stuff like that. They're also protected so there's not a damn thing you can do about it except chase them away (and I think they know that) :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea Oh yes, and I posted another photo of one a couple of months ago, taken at a local wildlife park where they have a walk-through aviary. http://www.multi.net.nz/kea/ Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
