"High up in the air he flew, and we caught glimpses of the gorgeous orange feathering on the underside of his wings. As he dipped and circled we marvelled at the flashes of crimson, and of iridescent golden-green and turquoise-blue — colours not usually associated with the sombre moss-green of kea plumage." — from A Kea On My Bed, by Molly Falla. Photo: Don Hadden
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Unnumbered Page
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63"High up in the air he flew, and we caught glimpses of the gorgeous orange feathering on the underside of his wings. As he dipped and circled we marvelled at the flashes of crimson, and of iridescent golden-green and turquoise-blue — colours not usually associated with the sombre moss-green of kea plumage." — from A Kea On My Bed, by Molly Falla. Photo: Don Hadden Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Unnumbered Page
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