Want the latest from the #kakapo world, like when we’re next expecting breeding, and how the birds in the newest population at Maungatautari are faring? Check out our latest newsletter: newsletters.doc.govt.nz/t/i-7FAFEAD70E… #conservation #parrots Pic: Dani Whitaker. @Maungatautari1

One #kakapo has got over the fence at Maungatautari in the last 3 months, but a new GPS unit meant we picked up Otepoti quickly. We’re still monitoring closely and working to understand how/why they’re escaping. Pic: DOC. #conservation #parrots @Maungatautari1

To mark the season we’re offering a new special edition #kakapo adoption: Solstice, who 27 years ago today was the last kākāpō discovered from the original population. Available until 21 July. Adoptions provide vital support for our #conservation work. doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakap…

#kakapo Madeline has been transferred to hospital after being found ill on Whenua Hou with a beak injury. She’s from the genetically important Fiordland lineage. Big thanks to the team at @DunedinWH for their care. #conservation Pic: Lydia Uddstrom

It’s been a year since we introduced #kakapo to the fenced sanctuary at Maungatautari. Find out how it’s gone in the Our Changing World podcast by Claire Concannon at Our Changing World. Includes kākāpō encountering milk tankers! rnz.co.nz/national/progr… #conservation #parrots

How are we using #genomics to help save #kakapo? Find out here: rnz.co.nz/programmes/wha… RNZ GenomicsAotearoa Aotearoa Science Agency #conservation #parrots

We're moving #kakapo off one of their biggest islands. Why? #conservation #parrots #birds blog.doc.govt.nz/2024/08/29/con…

Want to work for the #kakapo and #takahe teams at the Department of Conservation? We're hiring an infrastructure ranger to support our work at some of the most beautiful and important #conservation sites in Aotearoa. #jobs careers.doc.govt.nz/jobtools/jncus…

It's early days, but the new #takahe population in the Greenstone has done well in its first year. All 28 founders are alive, and last year 7-10 chicks hatched. Breeding starts again soon, so we can't wait to see what happens this year! #conservation doc.govt.nz/news/media-rel…

Sad news from the #kakapo world: Ranger, a 5 year old male, has been found dead on Anchor Island. He appeared to have died in a tree fall during recent storms. A reminder that animals have accidents too. There are 246 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots Pic: Jake Osborne

Moody skies across southern Fiordland today, en route to Anchor Island for #kakapo work. #conservation #fieldwork

Find out how the genetic basis of the kākāpō structural color polymorphism suggests balancing selection by an extinct apex predator – such a great collaboration w Hernán Morales Dr Andrew Digby Deidre Vercoe GenomicsAotearoa Anna Santure Joseph & many more: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Views from a trip to Pukenui/Anchor Island a week ago, to help with #kakapo transmitter changes. No decent kākāpō photos, I'm afraid, but my scenery pics are a slightly better! #conservation #fieldwork.

Juvenile male #kakapo Paroro on Anchor Island during transmitter change recently. He has definitely left home since he fledged in 2022: he’s now living a long way from mother Konini and foster mother Kuia. #parrots #conservation

Sad to report two more #kakapo deaths. Madeline was euthanised in hospital after an irrecoverable bill injury, and Otepoti died after being found unwell. All three recent deaths are unrelated, but a reminder of the fragility of the population (244). #conservation 📸 Sarah Little

Last week we checked two of the four #kakapo on Te Puka-Hereka/Coal Island, for their first health check since their release in May. Both were in good condition and had quickly settled not far from their release site. #conservation #parrots