More from our travels through New Zealand November 2019
I mentioned in Bird talk #1 how striking the birdsong is in NZ, and I’m not the first to think so.
When the Endeavour first sailed into Marlborough Sound in, 1770. The botanist Joseph Banks wrote.
What a thing it must have been to hear, after time at sea.
But there were some amazingly perceptive conservation pioneers.
I’m bewitched by this image by Ricardo Scott showing Henry.
rescuing Kakapo, a flightless, nocturnal parrot.
I’m bewitched by the birds too, there is something so endearing about them, they look so helpless I guess, it reminds me of childlike clinging of Australian Koalas, that we’ve seen so much footage of in the last few months, as the lucky ones were plucked from the bush fires. Who wouldn’t want to rescue them
I never saw one of course, they are now very rare as well as nocturnal, but I get a daily fix, in my social media feed each morning.
And I’ve also discovered another way to relive the sounds of NZ birdsong. And it’s become my go to track to sooth a disturbed nights sleep .
February 22, 2020 at 3:53 am
The video of the bird songs is wonderful. I was surprised to find it reminds me of the sounds of the Liberian bush. There was nothing like waking at dawn to that cascade of bird songs.
February 22, 2020 at 3:54 am
Speaking of flightless birds, have you ever seen this animation called “Kiwi!” It’s so wonderful — poignant, but optimistic and joyful, too.
February 22, 2020 at 6:06 pm
Oh wow! Given that the kiwi lays enormous eggs, I’m not surprised it might be determined enough to fly!
February 22, 2020 at 6:07 pm
That was one of the great things about being in a motorhome!
February 22, 2020 at 10:33 am
Lovely post. That painting is wonderful. xx