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Kimbo106 Sep 2, 2025

Au ras du sol, les joyaux du Milford Sound

Une nuit gâchée avec un réveil difficile du à un matelas dégonflé, un dos en compote et déjà l’urgence du départ : ainsi commence la journée de Flavien, en route pour Milford Sound.
Entre la crainte de manquer le bateau, un parking hors de prix et une croisière jugée décevante, l’aventure semble tourner au jus de boudin. Mais la randonnée au Gertrude Saddle, baignée de soleil et de paysages vertigineux, vient redonner sens au voyage.

Des fjords majestueux aux plantes rares, le baroudeur retrouve l’émerveillement. La route, pourtant longue et semée d’embûches, reste fidèle à son caractère imprévisible et bien présent. Une étape de plus dans ce périple néo-zélandais, entre frustrations et fulgurances, ainsi va la vie.

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(Crédits : Flavien Saboureau)

Dag-Rune Z Jun 26, 2025

The flying Clown of the Mountains

Keas (Nestor notabilis) are the famous mountain parrots of Aotearoa New Zealand. Ther are considered intelligent and playful and deserve their nickname as “Clowns of the mountains”.

These parrots have the size of and acts like a one-year-old child, and with approximately the same level of cautious handling of things in its environment. Add wings and ability to fly, and the result can be troublesome, or flat out chaotic.

It has a big beak, large claws and the intelligence level capable of ripping off windscreen wipers, wheel protectors, and decorative strips from cars. Or play and destroy with anything else they can get their beak and claws on.

Sometimes they do it to the cars of the people who for some reason decide to feed them. And sometimes those Keas most accustomed to humans might do damage to parked cars without any people in proximity. Out of boredom, or spite. Like them being annoyed for not getting more food.

Very useful, this bird yells its name to us. The sound it makes as it flies is a high pitched Keeeeeeaa, which sounds very much like a bird of prey in the mountains in the Nordics.

This intelligent mountain parrot is only found in Aotearoa New Zealand.

https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/the-flying-clown-of-the-fiordland-mountains/

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