We just adore this sweet kakapo fursuit! 🥺 Did you know there are only 247 kakapo alive today!? You can contribute to their conservation by adopting one through the Kakapo Recovery Program!
Who's your favorite adoptable kakapo? We love Waikawa. 🥺 https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/get-involved/adopt-a-kakapo/
Y'all they reintroduced kākāpō to mainland Aotearoa and I can't get over the photo of this little guy preparing for his Air New Zealand flight. They packed him snacks??? His water bowl says "only top quality"??? You're so right babe he is top quality 🥺🥺
Finally finished redesigning my headcanon line up of Sonic Flickies using the old Sonic 3D Blast designs as the foundation.
Each one is partially based off a real bird:
Blue flicky: parakeet
Pink flicky: hummingbird
Green flicky: kakapo
Red flicky: woodpecker
I plan to have another post with more information in the style of a nature journal going into detail about each species of flicky and some other fun world building bits related to other sonic characters. Hope you enjoy! :)
[ID: an illustration of a mottled green bird standing on a pink background and facing to the right. It has a branch with red berries in its mouth, and green leaves surround it. End.]
Kākāpō - a very endangered flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. Kākāpō courtship revolves around a polygynous lek system, in which males gather to perform loud, deep booming songs in an attempt to attract a mate. Timelapse under the cut!
Today's beast is a Kakapo,a severely endangered parrot, but a story of hope too. They have a whole team working with them, and these fluffy birds are keeping steady. :)
If you'd like a bird, please check out Bittythings and Beasts.
In Treasure Island, parrot Captain Flint is described as green, so now I can't unsee her as a kakapo - my most favourite very large and flightless parrot from half way around the world 💚 She gets to annoy Black Sails' Silver (older version) because he never did get a parrot by the time the show ended.