Two week-old kākāpō chicks in a nest. Credit: Andrew Digby
Two scraps of cotton wool. #kakapo chicks Pakiki-A3-2026 and Wendy-A1-2026 in Wendy's nest on Anchor Island. These are two of the youngest kākāpō chicks from this year. The oldest is about 6 weeks older and ~15 times heavier! #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #wildlife
The crater is out.
The “naughty corner” is in.
The #kākāpō chicks have entered their small chaotic #parrot phase — and livecam chat is absolutely here for it.
#kakapo #Birds #WildlifeCam #conservation #kikorangi #NewZealand #blogging
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The crater: carefully maintained, regularly renovated, clearly VERY important…
The chicks:
“yeah nah, we live out here now.”
🐣
#kākāpō #kakapo #conservation #RakiuraNestCam #chaos
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Heath Fledger (Heather-A3) and Nora-A2 wanna know if you’ve got any games on your phone 🥺👉👈
#kakapo #kakapocam #Kākāpō #AlwaysBeNaturing
You almost certainly need more kākāpō in your life. Nest cam link for the highly endangered New Zealand flightless nocturnal parrot… good for what ails you.
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#kakapo #rakiura
@shineyk.bsky.social mentioned that Heath Fledger (Heather-A3-2026) was returned to Rakiura’s nest on what would have been Heath Ledger’s 47th birthday. Shine also made a terrifying AI imagine to celebrate this. This led to me making this… I don’t have answers for you.
#kakapo #kakapocam #kākāpō
Heath Fledger (which is what we, in the #kākāpō nest cam community, call kākāpō chick Heather-A3-2026) was returned to Rakiura's nest...
...on HEATH LEDGER's BIRTHDAY!
Explain that, science.
#co-incidences #conservation #kakapo #wildlifecam #HeathLedger
For those not following the #kakapo nest cam: a new chick (Heather-A3) has been added to Rakiura’s nest tonight. We’re testing whether she can cope with two (bigger) mouths to feed again. #kakapo2026 #conservation
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Demographic boom confirmed.
A rocket launch and a flightless parrot have more in common than you’d think.
This post ended up somewhere unexpected.
#kākāpō #conservation #ArtemisII #hope #space #kakapo
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Highlights from my conversation about agentic engineering on Lenny's Podcast I was a guest on Lenny Rachitsky's podcast, in a new episode titled An AI state of the union: We've passed t...
#ai #kakapo #generative-ai #llms #podcast-appearances #coding-agents #agentic-engineering
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You won't find many kākāpō Easter eggs in the latest episode of the, Kākāpō Files ... because they've all hatched!
And by every measure, this is now officially the biggest breeding season on record.
#kakapo #conservation #birds
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For anyone following Rakiura on Whenua Hou, there's a new link to the webcam. #Kakapo #nzwildlife
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The cam may be down, but the #kākāpō aren’t — and neither is the incredible mahi behind the scenes keeping them safe.
We’ll get our fix again soon. Until then… solidarity to everyone refreshing like it might help 😅 #conservation #kakapo #nestcam
First of April, nothing unusual on the kākāpō Cam. But Nora chick is 30 days old today!!!
#kakapo #kakapocam #Kākāpō #KitKat
#NewZealand: #extinction not just caused by #humans but also #volcanic #eruptions www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... My take on #Darwin, #volcanoes and #evolution here nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #science #birds #ornithology #kakapo #wildlife #animals #climate
As a foster mother 12 years ago, Rakiura encouraged Heather Two to leave the security of the underground nest for the first time on 17 May 2014. What a great Mum Rakiura was and is, still to this day. 💚💚 #Kakapo #nzwildlife
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The youngest #kakapo chick on Pukenui/Anchor Island: Hanariki-A2, at 3 days old. It's a tiny 42g, but doing OK. Managed to keep it mostly dry on a very wet night. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
#kakapo chicks Ongaonga-A2 and A3 on Pukenui during a health check. These chicks are “chalk” priority, meaning that they only get checked a few times before fledging (~75 days). They’re doing well. #kakapo2026 #conservation #wildlife
In an inventive bid to boost numbers of the worlds rarest, fattest, least able to fly parrot, a researcher built a sperm-collecting helmet and allowed the bird to mate with her head. Too early for April fools. True I promise 🧪🧪#wildlife #kakapo
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Rakiura takes meticulous care of her nest. However, that clump of pseudo tumbleweed may end up completely blocking any view of Nora while she remains a small chick. LOL. #Kakapo #nzwildlife
𝘒𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘢 from New Zealand where Nora roused herself last night while Mum was away to peck at some dirt, take a poop, and to show us how much stronger her legs are getting. #Kakapo #Rakiura #nzwildlife
A #kakapo chick experiencing the bird equivalent of Disney World.
Lost, confused, but possibly having a good time! #kakapo2026
Ripe rimu fruit on a tree. Credit: Andrew Digby
Lots of ripe rimu fruit appearing on the trees on Pukenui/Anchor. This is the food driving the current biggest #kakapo breeding season on record: ripe fruit is the main diet of kākāpō chicks, and a record rimu crop is the reason why the chicks are growing well. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds
A kākāpō chick being weighed in a small bag. Credit: Andrew Digby
#kakapo chick Hananui-A3 being weighed during a health check at Verity's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. We weigh chicks to assess health condition, and compare against the mean expected for its age. At 9 days old and 120g, this chick is tracking well. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
Kākāpō Files II, episode 13 out now. 💚
With the loss of 4-year-old male Mātāmua the population is now 235 #kakapo
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Rakiura getting up close and personal with the camera to undertake some grubbing briefly turned on the colour. She's really very pretty. #Kakapo #nzwildlife
