We went to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve and have a research about "Kea" a large parrot to fill the information in our book.
We learned about how clever kea is and etc. The Kea has greenish feathers, blue wingtips, the base of the tail feature are reddish-orange which they use for communication, and female kea is a bit smaller than males and has a shorter beaks. Kea has 4 toes to grab some branches, They sometimes break any quirky surroundings to test everything that they find. They also break cars parts such as the side of the window (rubbers around the windows).
These birds are the only mountain parrots in the world. Kea is a large parrot that found in the forested and alpine regions of the south island of NZ, kea can solve a logical puzzle and can work together as a team. The kea diet consists different plants and insects, they are known to be omnivores. They are known to be opportunist/scavengers, they will eat any meat that they can find, if there's no food to be found they will attack the livestock and the sheep's, which is the main reason why the farmers shot down thousand of kea, in the late 1860's.
The breeding season starts in July and ends in January, kea can breed each year and are generally thought to mate for life. the female usually lay each single clutch of eggs per year of 2-5 eggs in a burrow deep in the ground a beech trees roots large rock outcrop. Male kea finds food for his family and the female will take care of her eggs till her eggs hutch.
These birds are the only mountain parrots in the world. Kea is a large parrot that found in the forested and alpine regions of the south island of NZ, kea can solve a logical puzzle and can work together as a team. The kea diet consists different plants and insects, they are known to be omnivores. They are known to be opportunist/scavengers, they will eat any meat that they can find, if there's no food to be found they will attack the livestock and the sheep's, which is the main reason why the farmers shot down thousand of kea, in the late 1860's.
The breeding season starts in July and ends in January, kea can breed each year and are generally thought to mate for life. the female usually lay each single clutch of eggs per year of 2-5 eggs in a burrow deep in the ground a beech trees roots large rock outcrop. Male kea finds food for his family and the female will take care of her eggs till her eggs hutch.
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