Dave LightbeamPlaying with some beats…
A Keruru’s wing beats ran through Koala and a bit of simple sequencing + an old video loop, and some video effects and mixing 😀
Jon SullivanBIRD NEWS FLASH! I saw a kererū in Lincoln, NZ, on my bike ride home this evening. I’ve been counting birds at Lincoln since 2003 and this is the first time I’ve seen a kererū here.
I hope it sticks around.
This is the 4th kererū sighting on #iNaturalist (previously once in 2017 and twice in 2012).
Behold, a feeding frenzy of Plum Sharks!
Plum sharks AKA kererū, the NZ wood pigeon.
Plums are in full fruit in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, at the moment. I was on Valley Road today in Cashmere there were at least 11 kererū feasting in the plum trees up the side of the road.
I think plums are one of the big reasons that these birds venture down from the hills into the city at this time of year.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/333255361
#birds #fruigivory #plums #Prunus #woodpigeon #pigeons #kererū #nz #Christchurch #nature #iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ
Sam HallTūī expressing some firm opinions about not wanting to share a kōwhai tree with a kererū 🙂
Kereru waiting out a rainfall near Wainuiomata last week
TrevorMystery solved! Kererū poo! Kererū are the native pigeons of Aotearoa and one of the largest in the world. Given their size a food source for Māori. Under a large greengage tree at Beau Vista orchard has been continuous poo each morning. I thought possums but trap those and the possum trap on the tree was not activated. Then they arrived whilst I was working underneath. Three beautiful birds who had been hiding from me for weeks. Must roost in the tree at night. #kereru #orchard #NewZealand
The kōwhai trees are in fabulous full bloom across Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're blooming about a month late this year and are making up for that with a huge number of flowers.
That's making the korimako and kererū in the Cashmere hills happy. The korimako are pollinating the kōwhai flowers, which I guess also makes the kōwhai happy, to the extent that a kōwhai tree can be happy. The kererū, on the other hand, are eating the kowhai's flowers and young leaves.
korimako: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315198237
kererū: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315196715
#NZ #nature #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #birds #pollination #herbivory #Anthornis #Hemiphaga #kererū #korimako
eurozerozeroAnyway, look how cute this #Kererü is:
Kereru - The New Zealand Wood Pigeon
What Bird?🦜New addition! 🌏 Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) #NewZealandBirds #AustralasianBirds | #Kererū #Kūkupa #NewZealandPigeon #WoodPigeon #HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae | #NewZealandPigeons #WoodPigeons #DoveFamily #Columbidae 📷: Photo by Manubird🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
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