Think about who you might be leaving behind when you submit your votes for #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
September 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Think about who you might be leaving behind when you submit your votes for #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
My common loon for the #BirdWhisperer project and #NearbyNature2025 challenge!
While most people in MN know they're around, they're such a joy to watch. Fun fact, unlike most birds, many of their bones are solid, which helps them dive!
#Watercolor and Chinese ink on hot press
#BirdArt #SciArt
While most people in MN know they're around, they're such a joy to watch. Fun fact, unlike most birds, many of their bones are solid, which helps them dive!
#Watercolor and Chinese ink on hot press
#BirdArt #SciArt
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Guess which bird I'm voting for in #birdoftheyear2025
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Guess which bird I'm voting for in #birdoftheyear2025
And now... 🏅A few words from our winner🏅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And now... 🏅A few words from our winner🏅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
@thomassainsbury
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#birdoftheyear2025 - not this particular skua but please vote for its distant cousin down under the subantarctic skua #teamskua
#SeabirdSeptember - thankful for another finished fieldseason and no #HPAI casualties among the great skuas on Skúgvoy #SkuaIsland #seabirds
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#birdoftheyear2025 - not this particular skua but please vote for its distant cousin down under the subantarctic skua #teamskua
Anyone else? 😅
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Anyone else? 😅
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Another under appreciated candidate for #birdoftheyear2025, the teeny-tiniest tītīpounamu. #sciart Weighs less than a large garden snail.
September 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Another under appreciated candidate for #birdoftheyear2025, the teeny-tiniest tītīpounamu. #sciart Weighs less than a large garden snail.
Need some help choosing which birds to vote for in the 20th Bird of the Year? Download our handy flowchart. Voting opens Monday!
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September 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Need some help choosing which birds to vote for in the 20th Bird of the Year? Download our handy flowchart. Voting opens Monday!
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Learn the differences between gulls in Aotearoa!
Hint: We're not the ones stealing your chips at the beach.
#BirdOfTheYear #nzbirdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 #nzbirds #blackbilledgull #tarāpuka #votetarapuka #tarapukaboty
Hint: We're not the ones stealing your chips at the beach.
#BirdOfTheYear #nzbirdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 #nzbirds #blackbilledgull #tarāpuka #votetarapuka #tarapukaboty
August 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Learn the differences between gulls in Aotearoa!
Hint: We're not the ones stealing your chips at the beach.
#BirdOfTheYear #nzbirdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 #nzbirds #blackbilledgull #tarāpuka #votetarapuka #tarapukaboty
Hint: We're not the ones stealing your chips at the beach.
#BirdOfTheYear #nzbirdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 #nzbirds #blackbilledgull #tarāpuka #votetarapuka #tarapukaboty
Hihi putting in a strong showing a day before voting opens in #BirdoftheYear2025
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Hihi putting in a strong showing a day before voting opens in #BirdoftheYear2025
The internal nostrils allow tākapu to make breathtaking dives without, you know, having their breath taken.
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The internal nostrils allow tākapu to make breathtaking dives without, you know, having their breath taken.
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
What a campaign! Thank you to the one in 70 voters who listed Tākapu on their ballots - together we got nearly 1000 votes, ranking 65th!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What a campaign! Thank you to the one in 70 voters who listed Tākapu on their ballots - together we got nearly 1000 votes, ranking 65th!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
$334.79 is a steal considering what you get
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
$334.79 is a steal considering what you get
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Oh mate, don't say that!
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh mate, don't say that!
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Just days away from the start of voting in #BirdOfTheYear2025! Are YOU ready to #VoteTākapu on Monday?
#boty2025 #boty #birdoftheyear 🪶 @forestandbird.bsky.social
#boty2025 #boty #birdoftheyear 🪶 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Just days away from the start of voting in #BirdOfTheYear2025! Are YOU ready to #VoteTākapu on Monday?
#boty2025 #boty #birdoftheyear 🪶 @forestandbird.bsky.social
#boty2025 #boty #birdoftheyear 🪶 @forestandbird.bsky.social
It was a difficult decision, with many of my favourite birds on the starting ticket, but I've kicked things off with a sentimental favourite . . . Go Team Southern Emu-wren! 🥳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#birds #birding #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
#birds #birding #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It was a difficult decision, with many of my favourite birds on the starting ticket, but I've kicked things off with a sentimental favourite . . . Go Team Southern Emu-wren! 🥳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#birds #birding #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
#birds #birding #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025
Bird books say we're "large, noisy and aggressive” to which we say: you got a problem with that? Somebody’s gotta clean up the carcasses and sort the weak from the strong. Vote Hākoakoa Subantarctic Skua for Bird of the Year. #skua #forestandbird #birdoftheyear2025
Photo by Ross Brooks
Photo by Ross Brooks
July 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Bird books say we're "large, noisy and aggressive” to which we say: you got a problem with that? Somebody’s gotta clean up the carcasses and sort the weak from the strong. Vote Hākoakoa Subantarctic Skua for Bird of the Year. #skua #forestandbird #birdoftheyear2025
Photo by Ross Brooks
Photo by Ross Brooks
Confused by all the talk of vote validation? 🗳️We can't let spam-bots decide who gets the crown! 🤖 So we can only count verified votes. Once you've submitted your picks, you're just a click away from verification. ✅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Confused by all the talk of vote validation? 🗳️We can't let spam-bots decide who gets the crown! 🤖 So we can only count verified votes. Once you've submitted your picks, you're just a click away from verification. ✅
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear
I will pursue you until you have voted....
Which you can do at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Which you can do at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I will pursue you until you have voted....
Which you can do at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Which you can do at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Two weeks till voting begins! Are you ready? @forestandbird.bsky.social #birdoftheyear2025 #birdoftheyear #boty #boty2025 #votetakapu
August 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Two weeks till voting begins! Are you ready? @forestandbird.bsky.social #birdoftheyear2025 #birdoftheyear #boty #boty2025 #votetakapu
Preserve Nigel's memory! Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Preserve Nigel's memory! Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
I'll lose Uno but I won't lose Bird of the Year
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'll lose Uno but I won't lose Bird of the Year
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Vote Tākapu at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/australasian...!
#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social
Who is joining me on #teamlyrebird?
Just check out those tail feathers!
Vote 1 the bush chook!
#birdoftheyear2025
Just check out those tail feathers!
Vote 1 the bush chook!
#birdoftheyear2025
October 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Who is joining me on #teamlyrebird?
Just check out those tail feathers!
Vote 1 the bush chook!
#birdoftheyear2025
Just check out those tail feathers!
Vote 1 the bush chook!
#birdoftheyear2025
Well, my experience of the last week was seeing a matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern, flying for about 100m alongside me as I biked along a local cycleway. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral... #birdoftheyear2025
Australasian bittern - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Well, my experience of the last week was seeing a matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern, flying for about 100m alongside me as I biked along a local cycleway. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral... #birdoftheyear2025