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kaka
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Copyright: colin krippner (coltrain) (9)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-01
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/4, 1/60 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-03 7:46
Viewed: 1966
Points: 1
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The kaka is a large parrot belonging to the nestorinae family. There are two sub-species of kaka: the North Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis), and the South Island kaka (N m. meridionalis) Both sub species have brown/green feathers with brilliant flashes of orange and scarlet under their wings.
their has been three of these kaka in my yard for aweek now eating apples

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2006-07-04 4:02]

How great to have them in your garden Colin. I wish you would write up notes about the bird. Apart from us who live in NZ, no one else knows what they are.
From Google, and it is easy to find notes on them:
The kaka is a large parrot belonging to the nestorinae family. There are two sub-species of kaka: the North Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis), and the South Island kaka (N m. meridionalis) Both sub species have brown/green feathers with brilliant flashes of orange and scarlet under their wings.
www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/ 001~Plants-and-Animals/001~Native-Animals/Kaka.asp

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