Every country has different birds. The south island of New Zealand is alive with birds. I don't know anyone who has visited that hasn't wakened to the 5am symphony. After a big day the day before, it can get a bit much when camping! There are so many different species of birds in their forests, and most are in good populations. It was one bird that caught our attention on our first trip to NZ. An alpine parrot called a Kea. Native to the south island's high country beech forests and rock outcroppings, their numbers are in decline thanks to the introduced possums, stoats, and ferrets that eat the eggs and young. They are one of few alpine parrot species in the world. There again, alpine on the S Isl of NZ is a touch different than Jasper National Park. They certainly are a very curious bird.
During this year's trip we decided to take a day and try to find a kea. For 4 years we've wondered what they look like, where to find them. We did a little internet searching and came across a couple of certain spots to find them. It wasn't exactly difficult!
Wiki has a good write up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea
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