Kakapo

2016 is turning out to be a bumper breeding season for the threatened kakapo

First chick of the 2016 kakapo breeding season. Laid on Anchor Island, its mother is Tiwhiri. photo DOC

Esperance with her first egg of the 2016 season photo Andrew Digby / DOC

Just hatched: Kuia One - the first Fiordland kakapo chick produced by Kuia photo DOC

Kakapo rangers with Tiwhiri's chick - first for 2016 kakapo season photo DOC

Rakiura's nest with three eggs. photo Andrew Digby/ DOC

Kuia One - the first Fiordland kakapo chick produced by Kuia, photographed in an incubator with its eggshell. photo DOC

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