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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