![Orange-fronted Parakeet /kākāriki karaka is winning Bird of the Year based on the legal votes. Don't believe the polls! : r/newzealand Orange-fronted Parakeet /kākāriki karaka is winning Bird of the Year based on the legal votes. Don't believe the polls! : r/newzealand](https://i.redd.it/mhyit9y2bsx51.jpg)
Orange-fronted Parakeet /kākāriki karaka is winning Bird of the Year based on the legal votes. Don't believe the polls! : r/newzealand
![Bird of the Year 2021: Choose your avian champion | Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi Bird of the Year 2021: Choose your avian champion | Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi](https://covers.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Covers/9781869663339.jpg)
Bird of the Year 2021: Choose your avian champion | Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi
Beech mast explosion brings good news for rare orange-fronted parakeet | Twice declared extinct, the kākāriki karaka, or orange-fronted parakeet, is making a comeback - with a bumper breeding season this year!
![150 kākāriki karaka chicks have hatched this season, potentially doubling the this rare birds population : r/Awwducational 150 kākāriki karaka chicks have hatched this season, potentially doubling the this rare birds population : r/Awwducational](https://i.redd.it/dz01ych47sa31.jpg)