On my first quest to find the Kagu at the San Diego Zoo I was foiled when it hired a decoy in the form of a Papuan Mountain Pigeon. This time I found the real thing and now do not have to go to New Caledonia to see one.
On my first quest to find the Kagu at the San Diego Zoo I was foiled when it hired a decoy in the form of a Papuan Mountain Pigeon. This time I found the real thing and now do not have to go to New Caledonia to see one.
On my first quest to find the Kagu at the San Diego Zoo I was foiled when it hired a decoy in the form of a Papuan Mountain Pigeon. This time I found the real thing and now do not have to go to New Caledonia to see one.
I think that the hanging stuff is from a plant. The aviary is heavily planted.
New Caledonia is still on my list of places to go, but the urgency has been alleviated now that I have at least seen a kagu. Tuatara mania is still in full effect.
no, I mean the thing where its beak should be! There's a long rigid structure sticking out in front of its face, but kagu have red bills which are shorter than that. I can't work it out.
no, I mean the thing where its beak should be! There's a long rigid structure sticking out in front of its face, but kagu have red bills which are shorter than that. I can't work it out.
Oh ok. Maybe its a piece of plant (stem, twig) hanging in the dangling plant material and obscuring the bill behind it? If David Brown has more photos from slightly different angles that would help.
Oh ok. Maybe its a piece of plant (stem, twig) hanging in the dangling plant material and obscuring the bill behind it? If David Brown has more photos from slightly different angles that would help.
