Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Kākāriki karaka copulation

Kākāriki karaka are not often photographed or filmed copulating. They can sometimes be seen through the foliage copulating, but have a habit of being reasonably well hidden. I saw this pair today fertilising their next egg and snapped off a few shots. There was foliage between the birds and my camera on the lower right half of the images, so I sharpened the images substantially so they didn't look too smudged out. Hence the somewhat 'hyper-real' appearance.

Kākariki karaka - orange-fronted parakeet

Kākariki karaka - orange-fronted parakeet

Kākariki karaka - orange-fronted parakeet

Kākariki karaka - orange-fronted parakeet

Kākariki karaka - orange-fronted parakeet


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