Kākā from the bird feeders perspective👀🦜 These feeders are used in the sanctuary to provide a small amount of supplementary food to the birds, and to help anchor them to the safety of Orokonui. If you want to provide food for kākā at home its best to plant native trees🌳, and leave rotting logs🪵 around. Providing natural food. Feeding kākā at home can cause some issues as many people provide dangerous food like nuts, and feeding kākā can also encourage kākā to associate houses with food. In t

Predator Free New Zealand Trust on Instagram: "Send this to your crush (and then put a trap in your backyard) Animal behaviours can seem weird. This pair of kākā is courtship feeding, which strengthens the bond between these birds . Lots of other birds do this too, including kākāriki, korimako and toutouwai. What's the strangest bird behaviour you've seen? 📹: K McBeath (Wikimedia commons)"

Kaka bird, endemic new zealand bird in the wild. New Zealand

Sound on to hear a bird gargle! Kākā are capable of making a wide variety of calls but this quiet gargling noise has got to be my favourite. It’s much more, umm, subtle than their other calls! Bird 16: A kākā at Zealandia Ecosanctuary #nzbirds #newzealandbirds #nzparrot | Melissa Boardman

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