Kereru/New Zealand pigeon - New Zealand Bird of the Week
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ต.ค. 2024
- Kereru and or New Zealand pigeons are large, and often very loud fliers with a particular fondness of berries. I hope you enjoy.
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I love how pigeons are basically the comic relief of the bird family, and perhaps even dinosaurs as a whole.
The idea of drunk pigeons sparks joy.
Sure does!
I love seeing them use our valley for display flights. They come loudly flapping down the hillside at high speed, then curving sharply upwards until vertical, stall and tip forward, and glide silently down in a mirror curve to the ascent. Spectacular!
The photo at 6:30 is a beautiful image. Really captures the iridescence.
One of my favourite birds to see in my backyard
The backyard= New Zealand
Yep!
0:53 what a majestic animal, really challenges the awkward pigeon flocks that rest on trees slowly falling off in my area 😂 they’re very cute birbs. Also their poo looks like sweets.
I love those birds so much they're so silly
In the mid-90's I stayed on Great Barrier Island at Tryphena. Kereru were very common and would fly and perch within metres of the lodge we rented. But I have seen them many times elsewhere in the North Island.
Sounds awesome!
Always a joy to see them doing their thing. :)
We have a kereru pair that chill in the Karaka trees at the base of our garden. They’re hilarious fliers but shit EVERYWHERE
Thank you for doing this series, Henry. I always enjoy these videos and seeing the vast variety of New Zealand birds.
I've been very happy to make it. :)
A lot more weirder ones to come!
Adorable and beloved pigeons! Borb moment!
Couldn't agree more!
What an absolutely stunning bird.
Gorgeous floofs!
A bird after my own heart! Its scat looks like folk-art jewelry, and it enjoys getting ripped on fruits then hanging upside down by its feet and waving in the breeze.
They're really awesome birds!
Such a beautiful bird!❤❤❤❤
One of my favorite channels to see a new post from. It always brightens my day
Glad to hear it!
Apologies for the uploads for NZBOTW being a little all over the place at the moment. Working on two big projects in the background. :)
Cuteness-level over 9000!
Another great NZBOTW. Keraru bold & beautiful :)
Oops KERERU :)
Sure are!
fully herbivorous birds are rare most birds all over the world are either carnivorous or omnivorous
Such beautiful and cheerful birds!
Absolutely!
They're great to see in person. :)
Cute bird from one exotic country, overall good video
They're drunk flyers too, they fly into sides of houses and trees and stuff but just shake it off.
Thank you.
Absolutely gorgeous ❤
Funniest things to see land in a tree too small for them.
Them weighing them down and looking all perplexed is just the best. :)
Great pics
Pigeons are top tier dinosaurs
Big Chungus wholesome 100
The biggest of borbs. Certainly give Takahe a run for their money.
They sure are pretty. Hope they get the help they need.
Absolutely!
Incredibly beautiful to see in person. There's a lot of great work going on, so I hope to get more amongst it where I can. :)
Thanks mate
I didn't know that alcoholism is thus serious with dinosaurs 🙂
Absolutely!
Good thing there are often people around to help them out. :)
Nice colored birds 🦅
I love seeing them in the wild. I just wish they could become adapted to live in our cities (instead of those boring European pigeons) as well :-)
If we plant a lot of trees they like maybe
City and town projects to better integrate native plantings in them would work wonders. Also preventative measures against them flying into windows.
Absolutely. Also having less suburban sprawl.
Thank you pakeha for your research
IM DA BIGGEST BIRD!!!
Why it says breath of the wild?
chonker bird
Giga thicc.
1:02 hemeWHAT?
It with a "fague" sound is apparently more accurate, so slip up there, haha.
🚩🧇🚩
Burdie
Big burdie!
Tāngata whenua have a right to spear, snare, and eat kererū; as the birds are regarded as a taonga species Māori are obliged to also protect them for future generations. When animals are abundant enough to be eaten then we know we’re doing a good job of conservation. The prohibition on kererū hunting has led to the loss of some oral histories pertaining to the kererū and this has had negative effects on their management bcuz the government pushed us into a sort of dark ages in regards to kererū and they’re filling in the knowledge gaps with haphazard barely tested western science. The purpose of the protections on kererū were to add insult to injury and blame Māori for the national decline in kererū numbers when in fact it is clear that the introduction of mammalian predators and the logging of our rangatira trees and the introduction of firearms by Pākehā compounding on the land wars culminated in the widespread decline of kererū and the extinctions of many other taonga. Kua whetūrangitia, that is to say they have become stars in the sky