Wild Kiwi on Rakiura track Stewart Island

[@user-rj7uc1pk4k]

very strange fruit

[@SomeRandomLad]

would eat

[@chonkpenguino9179]

@@SomeRandomLad NO WHAT

[@JRBX-09]

​@@chonkpenguino9179 🥝

[@massmouth]

Wonderful work to see such a rare and lovely creature. Thank you for sharing.

[@Minarreal]

They're slightly bigger than I thought, but that just makes them even cuter :3

[@uncriticalthinkerNZ]

Most of the birds you see footage of are juveniles that are soon to be released. They get hatched and raised to stoat-proof size, before being released. This is why conservation efforts generally involve removing the egg from the parents’ care. It makes they survival to adulthood, and breeding age, more likely.

[@ParanoidCarrot]

they remind me of being a kid and pulling my college pants up my neck and walking in forward lean XD

[@bobbyscott3454]

I saw a kiwi in the wild last year. They are so cute and humble animals.

[@thephaneron3676]

Isn't it even more rare to see them during the day?

[@zoebehague]

yup, they're nocturnal

[@jatoarkanen4435]

Yes, that might mean that the night hunt wasn't succesful

[@Innerlight320]

More daylight sightings on Stewart island than rest of Nz .Stewart island south of South Island

[@thomasbisset1136]

I'm heading to Stewart Island in a few weeks. So hoping to see a Kiwi in the wild.

[@christiancarneheim]

Did you see a kiwi in the wild though

[@chonkpenguino9179]

I went to Stewart Island and only heard them, but our tramp got canceled because it was too muddy :(

[@CistudeSuisse]

You are incredibly lucky ! Thx for sharing !

[@ianmacdonald8585]

It looks a bit like it has big feathery trousers.

[@josephjimenez678]

I love the bird a lot i so cute😁

[@nessi4668]

Great video guys I love how fascinated everyone was i would have loved to see a kiwi thanks for sharing this video

[@cameronhicks9452]

Wow. You are lucky as!

[@77iam97]

I love birds shit this the first time I watched a video on Kiwi Bird it’s a beautiful looking bird, unique

[@stingraylover7193]

Sooooo cute!

[@tupandactylushours6928]

a wild floof

[@opo5482]

That's great footage, would it be OK if I used some of it in a story to illustrate the NZ Predator Free 2050 project and why these birds are so precious. Happy to credit the source if you want to provide the details, thanks

[@MrOmeleta]

opo Sure thing you can use it! 😉 Thanks for asking. What sort of details are you looking for? You can email me.

[@opo5482]

@@MrOmeleta I'm just after a business or personal name something to add to a list of credits at the end of the feature story, so your choice as to how you identify yourself

[@opo5482]

you can email me at [e-mail]

[@lextavactchi]

It’s a ball of fluff

[@mrpilot.3174]

i wonder if it would allow you to pet it.

[@zalla00]

is it weird I wanna pet it?

[@AlexxChris]

Get that kiwi a worm😭😭😭😭

[@kmuturi238]

I always assumed they were tiny. Just realised they're almost same size as chickens 😮

[@MotivationaI_cat]

Looking cute

[@JakeRaven1970]

Great footage! What time of day was this?

[@shanenway3684]

Kia Ora Mr. Kiwi..

[@williamchamberlain2263]

The beaked rabbit!

[@karar.kendall4872]

Looks like a kakapo a little

[@dannya1854]

You blocked his favorite path :(

[@drum420]

0:44 hes like. . . Ohhhhhhhh i fuuuucked up

[@pibly7784]

It’s like it sensed the human there and had to go back the other way.

[@allgood6760]

Gorgeous 👍🇳🇿

[@lexusl849]

So cute

[@jesenickybajker]

Krása ...

[@mohammedal-emran9903]

This is Mouse bird

[@jordanfats1997]

Bro havin a walk a bout

[@morgan-5171]

Kai ora from northland. 👍

[@slushy4289]

It’s real kiwi hours.

[@ChuanMing19]

Cutiepie

[@morgan-5171]

Bird of the year 2021.. Yeah it's the bat.. Batman batman lol

[@feralbluee]

and here i thought cats take a long time to make up their minds. LOL that bird is adorable and bigger than i thought. i do hope they run away faster than that when they need to. such a wonderful little bird. 🪶🌹🌱

[@neznamejmeno123]

They run the same Speed as us i think thats good

[@frederickfairlieesq5316]

“Hey guys! Big gulps, huh? Alright, well see ya later!

[@chitskirits]

Kiwi birds can walk backwars

[@infectedtea9412]

Its large

[@chigbungus1154]

Can we domesticate these

[@cheemborg1301]

They're going extinct because we brought stouts and cats threre

[@thescholarlychronicler1805]

@@cheemborg1301 -- We're slowly but surely helping them recover. We've got our Predator Free 2050 going on at the moment, hopefully to have most of invasive mammals that live here to be eradicated.

[@thrasherVojti]

Mazec!

[@georgieippolito9924]

it's a shame we can't have a cute pet that can pick your teeth after a meal. So dam cute!!!!!

[@newwavepop]

they are cute as hell, but their survival instincts kind of suck which is sad :(

[@Flooffy_Kat]

My fruit is walikng

[@SkitzoSOT]

thats 1 big as kiwi

[@SomeRandomLad]

i see bird, i ask bird to fly

[@Abigail_Nikolaeva]

So dumb looking but so cute 🤗

[@o0nox0o]

Jasmine è oscena

[@SilverpoolXD]

Come to papa fluffy puffy ball

[@alexandermathar7780]

Put Put

[@iainbanks7415]

they tast pritty good

[@gregorysagegreene]

He wants to walk down the track and hunt worms. Then he realizes you're there, and you don't want to spoil your anthropocentric joy minute, so you don't move. So, I knew before the last sixty seconds that he would go "Uh oh? Outta' here", 'cause he thinks that because you're standing ground 'this strange beast' is probably a threat. You messed with his Zen thing, by not giving this creature his space. I would have backed away slowly before he got closer and knew you were there, and just left this little being alone. Moment still captured. Haven't we done enough? 🤷‍♂️

[@Luther_Luvin_Brad]

Actually unhinged comment. Like the OP is literally having a mental breakdown over a calm kiwi taking the long way around a group of people lmao.

[@richarddechatfield2297]

Stop filming them stop following them