There are four species of raptors that are native to New Zealand – the swamp or Australasian harrier, the New Zealand falcon [kārearea], the Morepork owl [Ruru], and the barn owl.

Recovery centre staff gave the native morepork owl (ruru) something akin to a spa treatment when they nursed it back to health after its misadventure with a parapara tree.

Follow Country Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts.. Gloria Harris has been running a nohinohi little owl and ruru morepork rescue service for 30 years. "I've ...

What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman (Oneworld Publications, 2023). 352 pages, 23 colour photos, other black-and-white images. ISBN: 9780861546909. ... At the end of the line is the Norfolk Island ...

Boobook Owl (Morepork Ninox), novaeseelandiae Keri, Keri North Island, New Zealand. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Every owl in our study had eaten rodents. Two owls had eaten house mice. When a bird of prey such as a morepork or boobook eats a poisoned rodent, it can become very unwell or die .

"Similarly, the Morepork, a small owl species, is least concerned globally due to its large range size in New Zealand, but its subspecies in Norfolk Island is critically endangered in Australia, ...

A family in Kentucky was surprised to find an owl inside their Christmas tree days after decorating it. The White family from Lexington, Kentucky, said a friend found an owl in their decorated ...

But some are being spared such a fate, including the Norfolk Island morepork, a palm sized brown owl that Australian conservationists have managed to save.

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Superb Owl: How an internet typo took flight and became a fine-feathered celebration It's a meme, pop culture phenomenon and an earnest way to appreciate the nocturnal hunters on football Sunday ...