Being a bird nerd is now cool. Well, it always was cool, but the rest of the world is finally cottoning on. Nice write-up in the Sunday Star Times and The Post with quotes from me accessiblenews.xyz/article/www.... @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social
ESSAY: Once a pastime associated with tweed jackets and thermoses, birdwatching is now soaring in popularity among young people.
A huge thank you to Dawn Palmer and all the Otago organising committee for a fantastic conference weekend! We also thank our sponsors including Real NZ, Hawkshead Wines, Faunatech, Southern Lakes Sanctuary, Global Messenger, Natural Solutions for Nature, E3 Scientific for their support.
Cilla Wehi emphasises the importance of museum collections for current conservation. Kea have seen a drastic change in abundance since human arrival. Feather isotopes are used to understand kea diet through history. #BirdsNZ2026
Alan Tennyson looks at the fossil relatives of emperor penguins found in southern Taranaki. What was an Aptenodytes giant penguin doing in the warm Taranaki region 3 mya? #BirdsNZ2026
Nic Rawlence myth-busts plans for Moa de-extinction, with a crash-course in cloning and genetic engineering. The ghosts of inbreeding past may come back to haunt us (among many other concerns), but are there current conservation applications for these tools? #BirdsNZ2026
