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Capture: BOTY Potty., in reply to Lilith __,
Lillith - one of the real joys of Big O is the very large number of bird species that live here/visit here/or have just been recorded here (transients of strange kinds, windblown or windwrecked mainly...) Last sheet of recorded sightings has 96 plus...and both riflemen & mohua are found here...
It is an interface of sea & lagoon & rivers, bush & closeby mountains...but my choice
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Capture: BOTY Potty., in reply to Hilary Stace,
But but but – we have *no idea* -yet – how many species there are in ANZ: an example- there is a springtail specialist who comes here: thus far, he has advanced the known numbers of springtails by *nearly 20 %*!!!
I’ve found 2 new species of spiders since I’ve been here!
Dont let me started on fish & seaweeds, mosses and fungi…
Those are total ball-park figures, and the ‘one third threatened’ simply a wild guess. (It could be 2/3rds under threat: it could be much less. We simply dont know.)
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Capture: BOTY Potty., in reply to Chris Waugh,
I tautoko your wife! (Altho’ I didnt vote for kea.) I love parrots!
Were you aware that piwakawaka has at least twenty other names? (piwaiwaka/tiwhaiwakawaka etc. etc. etc.) -
Capture: BOTY Potty., in reply to Hilary Stace,
Kia ora Hilary – the currently known number of species of birds in ANZ – which includes all
the introduced (including self-introduced)species, as well as the ‘rare & accidental’ subset = 203 species…It does not include extinct species (there are plus 45 of these.)
I dont know where Joy got his figures from but -they are ludicrous.
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Capture: BOTY Potty., in reply to JacksonP,
Kakapo have an almost honied ferny smell that even clings to their feathers.
I love ’em* but will probably vote for a much less well-known bird (teaser – has never bred in Big O as far as we know.)When I first came here, there was at least one extant track & bowl system, and in what was recognised as a good feeding year for them, 3 of us heard what could only be a kakapo booming…
An especial hateful set of thoughts to the farmers who thought it a really good idea to introduce stoats et al into the southern lake district area that was the last stronghold of kakapo…
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Hard News: "Because we can", in reply to Rosie,
That's sensible - if there was a level playing field to begin with.
A lot of ANZers start off with the kind of physical security (homes/farms/wealth/assurred educational opportunities/good health provision etc,) that a lot of-actually MOST- other ANZers dont.How do we form a just & equal society? Remembering that we are dominance-driven & hierarchically-inclined apes?
Nah, I dont know how either...but like your thoughts Rosie-
(will now retire back to myt flu-thick bed - cheers! all anyway-)
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Hard News: "Because we can", in reply to Kumara Republic,
n other words, “what’s good for Wall Street is good for America and the rest of the world.”
Yeah right - worked so well for us all eh?
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Hebe,
I am certainly in on a word thread Hebe!
O my goodness, I will certainly get some Sambucol/Sambucus -never heard of it before but always happy to get flu/lung infection healers/prophylactics* – many thanks for the info – and also to Chris for Chinese follow-up (“the little mouse” rings a weird bell from my long-ago interest in acupuncture…)
*I have abnormally large lungs – which is great for some things (holding breath underwater or any circumstance when one needs to hold breath**) but also seems that I am peculiarly susceptible to infections…
**If I karaka here in Big O, I can be heard each end of the settlement – from the beach to the bridge out, that’s nearly a k-
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Hard News: "Because we can", in reply to Paul Williams,
Ae, tautoko- sweet dreams (if possible.)
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Hebe,
Yes Hebe - but - so many words, so many feelings and personal scenarios, so much all of us have to say...I have a hoard of odd words & would be happy to share a syzygy or coxy or whimbrel or shabrack but not sure how to go about this...been back here for a couple of days and already whammied
by bad news - BUT! you'll be so glad to know I didnt call in & pass along the incipient flu' I was carrying!(There will be a good catch up - next time...baiting is ratshit here but Moeraki is always reliable for fish...)