Esperance

Key Details: Alive (Adult), Male, V-3089
Area: Fiordland
Band Combo: Black E on Green

Probably a Male Adult kea — Photo by Andrew Lewis

Esperance was banded as an adult at the Chasm near Milford Sound during July 2019. He appears to be a relatively new adult male who's appeared on the scene at this site! Previously dominated by another adult male who goes by the human name of 'Jack', the Chasm carpark is a site where lots of very fascinating kea interactions occur. Now that Esperance seems to have settled right in here and made the area into his "patch", himself and Jack are often given a hard time by an unbanded adult female who also visits the carpark occasionally. Several new fledglings and juveniles show up here most seasons. The most important thing to remember is to never ever feed these birds, it harms them directly, turning them into beggars and causing them all sorts of issues. When feeding on human foods in places like carparks, it makes their reaction times slow as they're distracted by food and many kea have been run over, injured and killed by cars in carparks. Please mention to others not to feed kea if you see them doing so.

Esperance

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