Michael
Hayward16:48, Jan 17 2019
An
endangered kākā has been spotted in a Christchurch backyard – about
100 kilometres away from home.
The
Department of Conservation (DOC) has had only two or three
sightings of the native parrot in the Garden City reported to it in the
last 30 years.
Mandy
Dickie was shocked to see the kākā, which is classified as nationally
vulnerable, feeding on some big cankers in the wattle trees in her Mt
Vernon backyard last week.
Did you
see the kākā? Email reporters@press.co.nz
She said
she initially thought someone's parrot had escaped, but after getting
binoculars out it was clear the colouring was wrong for that; "The deep
red on the tummy, it had a white head, the lovely nutty brown colour on the
back and wings."
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