DOC Sounds of Science Podcast: All things kākāpō with Andrew Digby part 1

Dr. Andrew Digby does a deep dive on the science of kākāpō management, recalls weird behaviour he’s observed from them in the field, and explains some of the big challenges the population are facing, including disease outbreak and low fertility.
Andrew has a huge amount of knowledge about kākāpō-and takahē and astronomy-and this is truly an unmissable episode if you’re a fan of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most charismatic of all charismatic megafauna, the kākāpō.
The audio at the beginning of the episode is a male kākāpō booming
The music used is Let’s Get Down to Business by Cast of Characters
This episode is number 30 in the DOC Sounds of Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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I’m planting out the swamp, springs, and stream below my house. We’re in Te Puna, Tauranga Moana. How long until you can send some kākāpō these ways?