Makimaki

Makimaki is often seen being rather aggressive towards visitors on the Milford Road, particularly near Homer Tunnel. He comes and goes from the area and when he is around, he certainly makes his presence known! He jumps up onto people, bites on their shoes while they're walking and pecks at them!! In fact, in mid 2018, someone reported Makimaki to DOC and the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital as being very sick. He was taken in for assessment and to be treated with suspected lead poisoning but upon arrival, absolutely nothing was found to be the matter with him so he was released and is coping just fine in the wild! Makimaki would have to be one of the most cheeky, unruly kea we have ever encountered.

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