Tawny Frogmouth and chick
Well hidden - the chickless Tawny Frogmouth parents roosting nearby
I'm very sad today. The #TawnyFrogmouth chick that I've been watching grow has disappeared. The nest is abandoned and parents now roosting in a nearby tree. Here it is 10 days ago and parents today. #BirdOfTheYear2025
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#Australia #maddness
Whaaaa! Baudin's Cockatoo pipped to the Perch by A Bedraggled Stick Imitator!
Get your vote in folks.
Team #BushStoneCurlew
#birdOfTheYear2025
#birds
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Who is joining me on #teamlyrebird?
Just check out those tail feathers!
Vote 1 the bush chook!
#birdoftheyear2025
Vote for Baudin's black cockatoo! They are the most beautiful, gentle giants, and facing extinction by #Alcoa and the WA government. #BirdOfTheYear2025 #Environment #ExtinctionCrisis
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It was a difficult decision, with many of my favourite birds on the starting ticket, but I've kicked things off with a sentimental favourite . . . Go Team Southern Emu-wren! 🥳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#birds #birding #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
Get you vote in.
Team #BushStoneCurlew
#birdOfTheYear2025
#birds
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Huge congrats to the majestic kārearea. Well deserved win. 🥇
#kārearea #birdoftheyear2025 #forestandbird #aonz
What a campaign! Thank you to the one in 70 voters who listed Tākapu on their ballots - together we got nearly 1000 votes, ranking 65th!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
And now... 🏅A few words from our winner🏅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
Saddleback
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Takahe
Australasian Bittern
Banded Dotterel
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Close-in photograph on a stony Macquarie Island beach. Two Subantarctic Skuas look on - very close - as an Elephant Seal pup drinks milk from its mother. One of the skuas tilts its head, waiting for the moment to get a drink itself. Mom is lifting her head to complain, but not a lot. None of the species who haul up on these shores to raise their young have an easy time of it. Yet here they are, despite all of the harms humans mete out. All of these creatures and their places should be valued and protected simply because they are.
This is an all Skuas & Elephant Seals channel today. None of the species who haul up on southern shores to raise their young have an easy time of it. These creatures & their places should be valued & protected simply because they are. Also, VOTE SKUA #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Preserve Nigel's memory! Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Just a quick reminder that polls close tomorrow in the year's most anticipated election: #Birdoftheyear2025 #BOTY2025
Make sure you get your votes in, and if you aren't sure who to vote for, here are nine worthy but sometimes overlooked candidates. theturnstone.substack.com/p/time-to-vote
Photograph of a bold-as Subantarctic Skua drinking milk from the mouth of an Elephant Seal pup while its mother looks on, unamused. The pup is roaring at the skua, which is probably a mistake as it makes the milk splashing out of its mouth easier to get. Another skua in the foreground appears to be scanning the colony for other opportunities (or waiting its turn, hard to say). Text below the image says "Who's a bad@ass? We're a bad@ss. Vote SKUA." The photo was taken by Marcus Salton on Macquarie Island, near the Australian Antarctic programme stat ion there.
Okay folks, this is our closing argument. We here at Team Hākoakoa think the photo speaks for itself but ask yourself: can YOU steal milk from the mouth of an Elephant Seal? SKUAS CAN.
Vote Hākoakoa for Bird of the Year.
#skuasforever #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
An action poster advertising Mouretsu Pirates, if Chiaki Kuriharu was a Subantarctic Skua. Skuachan brandishes an energy blaster. The text quotes the Mouretsu Pirates' most skua worldview: "Pursue, beat them to it, and take a piece of the action!" Then vote SKUA Bird of the Year!
Vote for a Bird with the fighting spirit we need in 2025, vote SKUA for Bird of the Year. #skuasforever #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Poster for an exciting new epic adventure, "Skua", closely resembling the similarly epic "Solo". The colours are vibrant oranges and yellows across a streaky sky. Text says "It is a lawless time. Syndicates compete for resources - food, medicine, seal carcasses. On these mean beaches, a young bird fights for survival, but yearns to fly among the stars... Hākoakoa. No more Mr Nice Bird." Vote Hākoakoa. Vote Skua for Bird of the Year.
Kia ora e te whānau. Voting wraps up tomorrow at 5pm (AoNZ time! Note the clock change!).
If you've not voted yet, now is the time to chose the ruggedly handsome sea-faring flyer who defends his family and Gets the Job Done. Vote Hākoakoa | Skua for #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Memes flying in at the speed of a diving tākapu (140 km/hr)! Check the thread!
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Proud to present the debut single for the Little Braided River Band. We've teamed up to ask for your votes for Bird of the Year 2025!
#birdoftheyear2025 #BirdOfTheYear #nzbirdoftheyear #boty2025 #boty #nzbirds #LittleRiverBand #tarapukaboty #blackbilledgull
I will pursue you until you have voted....
Which you can do at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
A scene inside the Arcadia, if Captain Harlock (space pirate) was a Subantarctic Skua. The spaceship interior is drawn in black and white with numerous banks of dials, levers and other control equipment. The freedom-loving captain is saying in a speech balloon, "What? Voting is almost over for Bird of the Year?" He wears a cape and the front of his tunic is emblazoned by a skull and crossbones motif. Text below the image says "Under your flag, live in Freedom! and also, don't forget to confirm your vote for HĀKOAKOA Bird of the Year!" An inset panel in the upper right shows the exterior of the Arcadia, also busy-looking.
Ae, captain. Under my flag, I will live in freedom. And I'll vote SKUA for #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social #skuasforever #CaptainHarlock
We got together with our fellow braided river birds to start a band!
(Music video coming soon)
#birdoftheyear2025 #birdoftheyear #nzbirdoftheyear #boty2025 #boty
Confused by all the talk of vote validation? 🗳️We can't let spam-bots decide who gets the crown! 🤖 So we can only count verified votes. Once you've submitted your picks, you're just a click away from verification. ✅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
Image of a Subantarctic Skua (Brown Skua) soaring free above crashing waves near the Pyramid, Chatham Islands. The text says "Bird of the Year 2025" and identifies Mark Fraser as the photographer.
Top predators matter. Skuas matter. The whole food web depends on them doing their job just as much as it depends on primary producers. Vote for a bird who lives wild & free. Vote skua #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
A campaign ad from our friends at Auckland Whale and Dolphin Safari.
Every vote counts! Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
A poster for the Wild Bunch, if William Holden (and everybody else) was a Skua. A gang of Skuas have been attracted by a penguin carcass.
What counts is who you give it to. Vote SKUA #birdoftheyear2025 #skua #skuasforever @forestandbird.bsky.social
Don't let flightless orbs and heartless raptors steal this election. Make sure you verify your vote by clicking the link you got emailed or your vote won't count!
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Photograph of a Subantarctic (Brown) Skua eating what appears to have been a penguin. Let's not kid ourselves. These birds are predators (as are penguins) they just do their hunting out in plain sight rather than under the waves. The text says "It's 2025. The time for Mr Nice Bird is over. Avian Innovator. Flexible forager. Evolution's concierge."
Let's not kid ourselves. Vote SKUA for #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
No more doomscrolling - go to the gannet colony.
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
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