It's been fascinating checking in on the Kakapo nest cam from time to time these past few days.
AFAIK, this is the first time I've seem them livestreaming a kakapo's nest during breeding season, marking the first time I (and probably many people) have gotten a really decent look at a kakapo over an extended period! And so far, that's probably as close to seeing one we're likely to get...
Things that have surprised me:
* 1) Getting to see their behaviour a bit more - particularly how, in the nest, they spend a lot of time just sleeping, and also just getting to hear their sounds more.
* 2) It's rather bemusing that that kakapo seems rather oblivious to the changing number of eggs in its nest! Originally there were 3, then 2, and the 1 when the actual chick was about to hatch!
* 3) Also surprising was that, for a critter that's rather "blind" and living in the dark, it's sense of smell was apparently not keen enough to be even mildly perturbed that "humans" had been fossicking around the nest again, and/or even touching all the eggs! WTF?!
* 4) But what takes the cake, is watching the rangers open up the hatch (while kakapo is there!), proceed to grab one of the eggs (while kakapo watches them, protesting loudly like someone gurgling the last dregs from a straw), and yet somehow manage to swap out the egg (and/or maybe remove some more)... BUT, the kakapo then proceeds to act as if nothing had happened!!! WTF?! Between 2 + 3, that's crazy!
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