It’s that time of year again—Forest & Bird’s annual bird of the year competition is now open for votes (closes 5pm Sunday 10 November)! This year you’re able to vote for your five preferred birds. Our first preference is always going to be the kea, but we’re also keen to support our bird friends such … Continue reading It’s Bird of the Year time again!
Myself and Laura Young were fortunate to be featured in a recent episode of RNZ’s fantastic “Our Changing World” podcast, superbly produced by Alison Ballance. Have a listen to the podcast episode (below), or alternatively read the full article on RNZ. Continue reading Kea featured on ‘Our Changing World’
As of this week, the Kea Database (https://keadatabase.nz) is now the one place for all kea sightings. The database was first launched in 2017 by the Kea Sightings Project team in 2016 (Laura Young, Mark Brabyn and George Moon), and since then has received over 3200 sightings of kea from across the South Island. The … Continue reading One place for kea sightings
If you’ve been browsing the Kea Database lately, you might have seen a few changes! We launched the latest version of the database a few weeks back, including the following new features: Inclusion of the LINZ New Zealand topographic maps (when you zoom in) Band visualisations (visual representation of what the bands look like) Advanced … Continue reading New Features on the Kea Database
Earlier this year the Kea Sightings Project was lucky to be nominated for a New Zealand Open Source Award (NZOSA) in the science category! The Kea Database is built using open source technology, which is where the code underlying the system is free for anyone to use, build on and share. For example, if someone … Continue reading Win for kea at the NZ Open Source Awards
The ski season has been upon us for a couple of months now and a range of skifield staff and skiers have been sending in their updates on kea numbers and activity this winter. Things are looking pretty dire at Mt Hutt, with no kea being sighted at all (apart from one kea in the … Continue reading 2018 winter skifield kea update: Craigieburn Range, Mt Hutt and Temple Basin
Our givealittle page expires in a matter of days and we thought it timely to acknowledge all the wonderful generous folks who kindly donated money (through the givealittle page and otherwise) over the past year and a half to get this project off the ground. We could not have done it without all of you … Continue reading A massive thanks to all those who donated to this project
