There are few more vexing questions in birding than the question of whether or not a bird counts. Counts for what, exactly? That’s a...

New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. I’ve written...

The Department of Conservation in New Zealand is giving you, yes you, the chance to spend two days and one night raising Kakapo chicks!...

If you’ve read my posts before you’d know I’ve written at length about the devastating effects of introduced mammals in New Zealand, and also...

Six posts over seven weeks may seem a lot to devote to the wrecking of New Zealand’s bird fauna. Perhaps it is, although entire...