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Kakapo - Night Parrot - Sep 8, 2008 TVNZ,One of the oddest of these birds is the giant, flightless parrot, the Kakapo. Nocturnal and corpulent, it has a sad history - responding to a predator-free Calcium vital for survival of kakapo - Sep 12, 2008 The Dominion Post,Researchers hope a dose of calcium will help spice up the sex lives of the endangered kakapo. The rare birds' survival chances have not been helped by their Business answers conservation call - Sep 23, 2008 BirdLife International,The announcement that Rio Tinto Alcan has become BirdLife Species Champion for Kakapo was made today by HIH Princess Takamado (Honorary President of Geometric model could mean breakthrough in saving endangered kakapo - Aug 31, 2008 Massey News,A mathematical model used to assess the nutrient balance of the kakapo diet has the potential to help solve one of the main challenges to saving the Rare parrot needs the right feed to breed - Sep 10, 2008 New Scientist (subscription),Calcium is vital for bone growth, says Raubenheimer, and the kakapo have an "unusually large skeleton". The supplements may have been too protein-rich, Award-winning film-maker switches to radio - Sep 19, 2008 Otago Daily Times,During her time with the company, she has worked on documentaries including To Save the Kakapo, which won a merit award at the Missoula Wildlife Film Anthology unveils the science of New Zealand - Sep 3, 2008 New Zealand Herald,Contrast that with the wonderful conservationist accounts by Richard Henry of the kakapo and by Walter Mantell of the rediscovery of the takahe. DOC, Mitre 10 Lead Way Forward for Our Takahe - Sep 10, 2008 RedOrbit,For more information visit www.doc.govt.nz amy.milne@stl.co.nz WHAT'S ON Kakapo encounter What: Meet Sirocco, one of the 91 kakapo left in the world, Animals make it into our lounges - Sep 5, 2008 The Dominion Post,She's been bitten by a giant weta, cuddled a kakapo, held a baby New Zealand falcon, and clasped an albatross egg while it hatched. Meet the locals for Conservation Week - Sep 4, 2008 Southland Times,Other events happening in the Southland region include a Kakapo encounter on Ulva Island, planting for Otatara’s Bushy Point Restoration project and the Beim Kakapo versagt die Atkins-Diät - Sep 17, 2008 derStandard.at,Vielleicht, dachten sich Biologen, ist sie aber geeignet, einen der seltensten Vögel der Welt vor dem Aussterben zu bewahren: den Kakapo. Dieta Atkinsa nie dla kakapo - Sep 19, 2008 KopalniaWiedzy,Dieta Atkinsa od lat wzbudza kontrowersje, na pewno nie podpiszÄ… siÄ™ też pod niÄ… zagrożone wyginiÄ™ciem papugi kakapo z Nowej Zelandii. Czemu? Ohroženà papouÅ¡ci mÄ›li Å¡patnou dietu - Sep 17, 2008 ÄŒeský rozhlas,Vysokoproteinová dieta je možná vhodná pro lidi, ale úsilà o záchranu papoušů kakapo pÅ™ÃliÅ¡ nepomohla. Na Novém Zélandu pÅ™ežÃvá poslednÃch 91 papouÅ¡ků Brian Rudman: Auckland heritage deserves better champion than DoC - 14 Aug 2008 New Zealand Herald,In isthmus Auckland, it's been the lonely volunteers of the volcanic cones society who have saved our "kakapo" cones from the road builders and developers, Stoats cleared from Resolution Island - Aug 3, 2008 Wildlife Extra,Richard Henry transferred hundreds of threatened birds (mainly kiwi and kakapo) from the mainland to several Fiordland islands, including Resolution Island. DOC lays waste to Resolution stoats - Aug 7, 2008 The Southland Times,Kakapo, little spotted kiwi and other vulnerable birds like saddleback and kokako might be reintroduced to the island, once the department was confident It’sa love thing - Aug 13, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),Gary has recently returned from the war and is dressed in army fatigues ‘like a kakapo’. He wrote a song that was too grim even for Nick Cave and he still Feathered Bloodhounds? - Jul 17, 2008 Science Magazine (subscription)By this logic, the most acute sense of smell in Steiger's menagerie belongs to the kakapo, a rare nocturnal parrot indigenous to New Zealand. Spotted kiwi have been reintroduced to New Zealand’s Fiordland - Aug 13, 2008 Wildlife Extra,In 1900 Richard Henry who was caretaker of Resolution Island - the world's first island sanctuary for birds - wrote "I think that the brown kiwi and kakapo Kiwi's nose among best - Jul 18, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,The researchers found that the kakapo, a nocturnal parrot, has 667 functional olfactory receptor genes and the brown kiwi has about 600, while an Australian 1990 Mazda RX-7 FC3S - Aug 5, 2008 Super Street MagazineIt's definitely a stiff ride, but it will take you to from Point A to Point B faster than you can say Kiwi Kakapo. Inside this FC is equally stunning as the Chalk one up for national poetry week - Jul 24, 2008 Auckland stuff.co.nz,...clearly enjoyed helping to write down the verses to his favourite poem, his mother’s composition titled the Kiwi and the Kakapo. Chalk up to enthusiasm - Jul 16, 2008 Aucklander,They are titled Kiwi and Kakapo, published last year in Poetry Pudding , and Tooth, published recently in the anthology Swings + Roundabouts: Poems about Podceňovaný ptaÄ?à Ä?ich - Jul 17, 2008 ÄŒeský rozhlas,NÄ›meÄ?tà vÄ›dci tyto geny hledali u vzácných noÄ?nÃch papouÅ¡ků kakapo, kteřà žijà na Novém Zélandu. Zjistili, že majà pÅ™ibližnÄ› 670 funkÄ?nÃch genů pro Ä?ichové NÃ¥ luktet den deg ogsÃ¥... - Aug 4, 2008 Norges Jeger- og Fiskerforbund,Den nattaktive papegøyearten Kakapo viste seg Ã¥ ha ca. (!) 667 virksomme luktreseptor-gener, men det har ikke redda den fra Ã¥ bli en trua art i heimlandet Birds Have Highly Developed Sense of Smell - Jul 16, 2008 RedOrbit,Proceedings of the Royal Society B, published 16.07.2008, doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0607 Image Caption: The nocturnal Kakapo, one of the nine bird species in PtaÄ?à nosy nejsou k zahozenà - Jul 22, 2008 Lidovky.cz,Mezi prověřovanými ptáky vedl v bohatstvà funkÄ?nÃch genů pro Ä?ichové receptory novozélandský papouÅ¡ek sovà zvaný také kakapo. Ist der Geruchssinn bei Vögeln besser ausgeprägt als bislang gedacht? - Jul 21, 2008 ChemieOnline,Abb. 1: Der nachtaktive Kakapo - einer von neun untersuchten Vogelarten - erkennt vermutlich bestimmte Früchte am Geruch. Das Gleiche gilt auch für den Vögel können besser riechen als gedacht - Jul 17, 2008 Hamburger Abendblatt,Auch der nachtaktive Kakapo, eine sehr seltene und vom Aussterben bedrohte neuseeländische Papageien-Art, erkennt vermutlich bestimmte Früchte am Geruch. Who's a pretty boy then? - Apr 24, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,Department of Conservation kakapo technical officer Daryl Eason with one of seven kakapo chicks being hand-reared in Nelson. This ball of fluff, How to make kakapo fruity - Apr 14, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,Forget chocolates or sweet strawberries; unripened fruit could be the key to turning on the endangered kakapo. The large, green, flightless parrot is one of Kakapo chicks get VIP treatment - Apr 13, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,Seven kakapo chicks that hatched just over two weeks ago on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island) are to be transferred to special facilities in Nelson to ensure Kakapo parrot back from near extinction - Apr 1, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,By Nick Squires in Sydney It is flightless, helpless and looks like a giant budgie, but New Zealand's rare kakapo ground parrot is clawing its way back from Five an 'awesome' boost to kakapo pop - Mar 30, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,BY CLIO FRANCIS - Stuff.co.nz | Monday, 31 March 2008 TOTALLY AWESOME: The births of five baby kakapo on Codfish Island has boosted the endangered birds Five endangered New Zealand Kakapo parrots hatch - Mar 30, 2008 Hindu,The kakapo, which is native to New Zealand, last bred in 2005, when four chicks were produced. Neill said all the kakapo eggs this year had proved fertile _ Breeding success sees Kakapo numbers rise - Mar 30, 2008 New Zealand Herald,Kakapo recovery team leader Emma Neill said today boosting the population from 86 was "awesome, especially considering these birds only breed every few Endangered Kakapo hatch on island - Mar 31, 2008 TVNZ,Five Kakapo chicks recently hatched on Codfish Island, near Stewart Island. The world's Kakapo population now stands at 91 with two more eggs still to hatch Encounters with kakapo to be held - Apr 13, 2008 Otago Daily Times,By HAMISH McNEILLY MEMBERS of the public will have a chance to see the world’s rarest parrot when Sirocco the kakapo is temporarily transferred to Ulva Unripened fruit force kakapo off island - Apr 13, 2008 Newstalk ZB,Seven endangered kakapo chicks are being taken off Codfish Island in Southland to be raised by hand because their main food source has not ripened. Kakapo chicks hatch on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island - Mar 30, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),The eagerly-awaited arrival of some of New Zealand’s most precious babies has started, with the hatching of five kakapo chicks in the last two weeks. Bumper harvests get endangered parrots laying - Apr 3, 2008 New Scientist (subscription),For the kakapo, New Zealand's giant flightless parrot, the answer may be key to its survival. Only 86 remain in the wild and the birds only breed every Cockatoos Make Life Long Pets - Apr 21, 2008 NTV,...and some of the largest parrots including the Hyacinth Macaw (the longest parrot) and the flightless Kakapo (the heaviest parrot), are true parrots. Five chicks for endangered parrot - Mar 31, 2008 The Press AssociationThe critically endangered Kakapo, the world's largest flightless parrot, has edged further back from extinction with five new chicks hatched in recent weeks Endangered birds moved from island - Apr 13, 2008 Radio New Zealand,Kakapo chicks born just over a fortnight ago are being moved to a hand-rearing facility in Nelson to increase their chances of survival. Talkers: A tainted honor code; a bull gets sent to jail - Mar 31, 2008 Kansas City Star,The kakapo is a nocturnal parrot with finely blotched yellow-green plumage. Colonization that began several hundred years ago introduced predators that Vets help injured, endangered wildlife survive - Apr 23, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),...“We were responsible for diagnosing the disease that killed three kakapo in 2003, for increasing the breeding rates of the black stilt following our Rare Parrot Chicks Born in New Zealand - Mar 31, 2008 Guardian,The kakapo is an owl-like nocturnal parrot with finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a large gray beak, short legs, large feet, and relatively short wings Much to learn from moa bones found at Ruataniwha - Apr 10, 2008 Timaru Herald,They discovered bones of other birds such as saddlebacks and kakapo as well as the native bat which no longer survive there. The moa browsed in the high Seven chicks boost population of rare parrot to 92 - Apr 14, 2008 TopNews,Wellington - The population of New Zealand's kakapo - the world's rarest parrot and critically endangered - has increased by seven after the first chicks Rapid rise for Te Anau teen - 22 Feb 2008 The Southland Times,...as well as extra training sessions, which include the infamous Blackmount hill climb and Kakapo Rd. "Ashley Whitehead reckons he's been all around the Kakapo Encounter 2008: Rare Chance to See A Kakapo - Feb 17, 2008 Wildlife Extra,Today, there are 86 known kakapo remaining on Earth (and this number has come up from a decade ago!). Once prevalent throughout New Zealand, kakapo now Cutting edge technology used to film endangered birds in NZ - Feb 7, 2008 Scoop.co.nz,...‘Code of the Kakapo’, a co-production between ELWIN Productions in Dunedin and Huntaway Homestead Films in Queenstown, is an intimate look at one of the An island paradise - Jan 29, 2008 Marlborough Express,The deep booms of kakapo Sirocco no longer echo across his former Maud Island home, but the daredevil parrot's antics live on for those lucky enough to Brian Rudman: Live in the capital and you'll take the honours - Jan 27, 2008 New Zealand Herald,...warn you this time last year that if you'd set your heart on an Order of the Kakapo, Second Class, then pack your bags and move to Wellington pronto. Kakapo to be artificially inseminated - Nov 11, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,By DEIDRE MUSSEN - Sunday Star Times | Monday, 12 November 2007 GIVEN A HAND: The programme to boost the population of the rare kakapo is turning high tech Yellowcake and Eat It Too - Nov 1, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,Everything must be done to save the kakapo, a flightless parrot that is found in South East Asia, New Zealand, and Tomato and Parrot Stew. Making a living sculpting greenstone - Nov 22, 2007 TV3 News,When Greymouth sculptor Ian Boustridge was commissioned to make a pounamu sculpture of a kakapo twenty years ago, it was for two grand and a fireplace. Guard family meet for reunion - Nov 8, 2007 Marlborough Express,About 1830, Guard moved to Kakapo Bay where he set up Port Underwood's first shore whaling station. He bought the bay from Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata. • Native Birds Provide Inspiration - Nov 21, 2007 Northern Courier,It includes New Zealand’s native Kakariki and the ancient Kakapo, Australia’s loud and boisterous Rosellas and Lorikeets, the colourful inhabitants of the One for the birds - Nov 13, 2007 Thread,The collection initially features five native birds – the tui, fantail (piwakawaka), kiwi, black robin (toutouwai) and kakapo with more of Aotearoa’s birds Kakapo Systems to Demonstrate TAPI Driver for BroadWorks VoIP Platform - Oct 9, 2007 TMCnetBy Susan J. Campbell VoIP client applications developer Kakapo Systems (News - Alert) announced that it will demonstrate its Telephony Application Kakapo Systems: Kakapo Systems to Launch TAPI Driver for ... - Oct 9, 2007 TMC Net,For BroadSoft, Kakapo Systems has developed client applications for the Windows desktop environment. Our Unity and facilitates log-ins with call centers. The World’s 5 Freakiest Creatures - Oct 19, 2007 Environmental Graffiti,The Kakapo (Strigops Habroptilus) is less dangerous but far more hilarious. The Kakapo is also known as the Owl Parrot, and is the heaviest parrot in the Maori an endangered species worth saving - Oct 9, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,We should be pleased about the amount of work being done in New Zealand to save the kakapo, the saddleback, the robin, the takahe and other threatened or Stay in Touch - Sep 25, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,The male kakapo, a rare parrot, has to make a deep booming noise as often as 17000 times a night to attract a breeding female. Bizarre sexual antics in the bush - Sep 23, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,The kakapo booms out deep messages of love like a feathered Barry White but with extra stamina to boot – a lusty male can make the noise up to 17000 times a Animal Conservationists Nominated For Indianapolis Prize - Sep 25, 2007 Inside INdiana Business (press release),...led the rescue and recovery of some of New Zealand’s – and the world’s – most endangered birds, including the Saddleback, Black robin and Kakapo parrot. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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