Let's take a closer look at the tūturiwhatu, or the New Zealand Southern dotterel, a wading bird more threatened than the kākāpō.

Donate to the New Zealand Southern dotterel recovery team fund here: https://nznaturefund.org/projects/southern-dotterel-tuturiwhatu/

Sound effects are downloaded from pixabay and most of the music from this episode is composed by Aleksey Chistilin. Check out their other stuff here:

https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/

Let's take a look at tawaki, the world's only rainforest penguin.

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Ranking fisheries by their sustainability:
https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/sites/default/files/2018-05/Best%20Fish%20Guide%20-%20Pocket%20Guide.pdf

Resources used:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSQlqUPVSzVejtao5K68aAw6YoxIKAZn122jM7BQXcRmd-WJvIjwGSrNISXZ1BvEL0WtNN8mHESpejv/pub

Is it an owl? Is it a parrot? Is it a moss chicken? It's all of the above!

Join me as we explore everything that is the kākāpō, from their biology to their history, to what we’re doing to bring them back from the brink of extinction.

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Thank you to BLAKE and the Department of Conservation for the opportunity to see these amazing birds, and to Sarah Manktelow for letting me shadow her chick check.

If you want to learn more about the mighty kākāpō, check out Alison Ballance’s book “Kākāpō: Rescued from the brink of extinction” aka the kākāpō bible.

Bird calls were either recorded by myself or used courtesy of the Department of Conservation New Zealand.

The intro song was written by Anton Vlasov and sourced from pixabay.com

The excerpt “Shagged by a rare parrot” is a part of the BBC’s ‘Last chance to see’ episode featuring Sirocco the kākāpō, linked below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY

Beach sounds, footsteps, fire, and rat sounds sourced from pixabay.com

Music other than the intro song was written by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer and Lesfm, sourced from pixabay.com

The imagery was created using Canva