How wonderful! Thank you for taking us along on your trip out. Your country has truly beautiful places and creatures. It was good to hear the "kee-aah" call, and the birds are amazing in their playful curiosity. They probably took the snowkea apart, but seeing the one juvenile grabbing a snowball was irresistible and grin-worthy. Excellent photography of the birds in flight, with great lighting. Gorgeous creatures. 💖 Thank you for showing the kea database and how to search in it! Will definitely be reading through it in the hopes of recognizing some beaks-and-bands if ever I am blessed to be in Animal Minds' part of the world. (Are any expatriate kea in the database? I'll have to go looking.)
For a while I did think our snow-kea was the only bird we would get to see that day, but luckily that wasn’t the chance. You can actually see the aftermath of the headless snow-kea in the background of the opening shot if you look carefully (I may have filmed the intro a little out of order, but it’s the story that’s important!) I’m not aware of any international kea that are included in the database, but it’s worth having a look through to see if you can find any. And if you know anyone keeping kea at an international facility it might be nice to suggest they get in touch with the kea database people to have their birds included in the future.
@@AnimalMindsLab 😆 I would never have noticed the headless snow-kea without you mentioning it. The narrative works well! I know there are kea at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, and I think there are some at Franklin Zoo/Zoo New England. I'll get in touch with them and see if they'd be interested in contacting the Kea Database, because you're right, there don't seem to be international kea in it. Which is kind of saddening, because it's an excellent resource for getting to know some kea individually! I'd like to know more about some kea who might be within my reach to visit while saving up for a trip to Willowbank. ^_^
How wonderful! Thank you for taking us along on your trip out. Your country has truly beautiful places and creatures.
It was good to hear the "kee-aah" call, and the birds are amazing in their playful curiosity. They probably took the snowkea apart, but seeing the one juvenile grabbing a snowball was irresistible and grin-worthy. Excellent photography of the birds in flight, with great lighting. Gorgeous creatures. 💖
Thank you for showing the kea database and how to search in it! Will definitely be reading through it in the hopes of recognizing some beaks-and-bands if ever I am blessed to be in Animal Minds' part of the world. (Are any expatriate kea in the database? I'll have to go looking.)
For a while I did think our snow-kea was the only bird we would get to see that day, but luckily that wasn’t the chance. You can actually see the aftermath of the headless snow-kea in the background of the opening shot if you look carefully (I may have filmed the intro a little out of order, but it’s the story that’s important!)
I’m not aware of any international kea that are included in the database, but it’s worth having a look through to see if you can find any. And if you know anyone keeping kea at an international facility it might be nice to suggest they get in touch with the kea database people to have their birds included in the future.
@@AnimalMindsLab 😆 I would never have noticed the headless snow-kea without you mentioning it. The narrative works well!
I know there are kea at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, and I think there are some at Franklin Zoo/Zoo New England. I'll get in touch with them and see if they'd be interested in contacting the Kea Database, because you're right, there don't seem to be international kea in it. Which is kind of saddening, because it's an excellent resource for getting to know some kea individually! I'd like to know more about some kea who might be within my reach to visit while saving up for a trip to Willowbank. ^_^
Nice, saw one up at Mt cheesman ski area on Saturday too, I dont recall if it was banded though
Very nice, I find it very special every time I get to see one of these birds in the wild wherever I am!
How do you choose which of the three places to spot? Does time of day make a difference?