The country's politicians aren't the only ones gearing up for an election as Forest & Bird's 2026 Bird of the Year opens for voting.
      • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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        18 minutes ago

        I’m an undecided voter, gonna try to sell them to me? What do you like about those two in particular?

        • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nzOPEnglish
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          10 minutes ago

          both very unassuming, and seldom seen.

          You might see fernbirds, but will more often just hear a double tick-tick-tick-chirp

          Australasian bittern, good luck see one of them. If you are very lucky you might just hear one ‘booming’ with a himpf-himpf call

          • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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            5 minutes ago

            Well if seldom seen is the criteria, why not Fairy tern? only 40 left, and they are sea birds, so not many chances to see one!

    • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nzOPEnglish
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      23 minutes ago

      When our girls were little I tried as I much as I could to convince them that sea gulls were sandfly because they lived on the sand and could fly