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Lynda Delph

@enzo And we see just a whiff of the gorgeous orange hiding under his wing…

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Enzo Giordani

@LyndaDelph yes it’s such a pity that most kea portraits (including this one) are unable to convey the most spectacular part of them!

Lynda Delph

@enzo I have a friend who was an ecologist at Canterbury. He had an old convertible British sports car of some kind (Austin something?). Anyway, he replaced the windscreen sun flaps that took months to arrive, and drove up to Mt. Hutt to check on some Chinochloa. Says he went over the rise and was gone 10 minutes, tops. By the time he got back the keas had ripped the new flaps to shreds and were hanging out to see his reaction.

Enzo Giordani

@LyndaDelph oh no, that would put me off kea for the rest of my life. 😂

Lynda Delph

@enzo He laughs about it. Their cheeky awesomeness is endearing. Unless you happen to be a sheep farmer…

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