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Ok, now that you've sat through that rant, my family and I saw SEVEN KIWIS yesterday! 3 were on Ulva Island, and 4 were just snarfling around in the grass on the sides of the roads around Oban, the only town on Stewart Island. The giant New Zealand pigeons, Kurerū, were abundant and delightful. We saw kākā parrots in town and in the woods, too!
Nearly 40 people came to my talk! Which is extra incredible because there are only 300 people living on the island.
@sundogplanets Why is it that charismatic local fauna seen so attracted to roads at night? Armadillos, wallabies, etc...
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@sundogplanets Why is it that charismatic local fauna seen so attracted to roads at night? Armadillos, wallabies, etc...
@simonbp On Stewart Island at least there are only 27km of roads in total, so not a lot of driving happening, and none of it very fast. Apparently all the dogs on the island are required to take kiwi aversion training as well!! The guy who hosted my visit there said there are 12,000-15,000 kiwi on the island, and only 300 people!
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Talking about dark sky access really felt like preaching to the choir. That was amazing!! I saw dark sky posters all over the town, there are like 3 actual streetlights, and the rest of the lighting in town is low-level and just shines right on the sidewalk.
I got to see kiwi snarfling around for bugs on people's front lawns in town, in total darkness, underneath the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds!! WOW.
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Ok, now that you've sat through that rant, my family and I saw SEVEN KIWIS yesterday! 3 were on Ulva Island, and 4 were just snarfling around in the grass on the sides of the roads around Oban, the only town on Stewart Island. The giant New Zealand pigeons, Kurerū, were abundant and delightful. We saw kākā parrots in town and in the woods, too!
Nearly 40 people came to my talk! Which is extra incredible because there are only 300 people living on the island.
*makes a note of the word "snarfling ", so I can use it more in conversation*
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*makes a note of the word "snarfling ", so I can use it more in conversation*
@davidtheeviloverlord That is absolutely the best description of what the kiwis were doing!
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Ok, now that you've sat through that rant, my family and I saw SEVEN KIWIS yesterday! 3 were on Ulva Island, and 4 were just snarfling around in the grass on the sides of the roads around Oban, the only town on Stewart Island. The giant New Zealand pigeons, Kurerū, were abundant and delightful. We saw kākā parrots in town and in the woods, too!
Nearly 40 people came to my talk! Which is extra incredible because there are only 300 people living on the island.
@sundogplanets We weren’t there long enough, but…it’s official!
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@simonbp On Stewart Island at least there are only 27km of roads in total, so not a lot of driving happening, and none of it very fast. Apparently all the dogs on the island are required to take kiwi aversion training as well!! The guy who hosted my visit there said there are 12,000-15,000 kiwi on the island, and only 300 people!
How long until the kiwis take over?
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Talking about dark sky access really felt like preaching to the choir. That was amazing!! I saw dark sky posters all over the town, there are like 3 actual streetlights, and the rest of the lighting in town is low-level and just shines right on the sidewalk.
I got to see kiwi snarfling around for bugs on people's front lawns in town, in total darkness, underneath the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds!! WOW.
@sundogplanets The southern sky is so damned impressive! I just feel illiterate because I don’t know any of the constellations.
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Ok, now that you've sat through that rant, my family and I saw SEVEN KIWIS yesterday! 3 were on Ulva Island, and 4 were just snarfling around in the grass on the sides of the roads around Oban, the only town on Stewart Island. The giant New Zealand pigeons, Kurerū, were abundant and delightful. We saw kākā parrots in town and in the woods, too!
Nearly 40 people came to my talk! Which is extra incredible because there are only 300 people living on the island.
@sundogplanets such an amazing place - and the only one where I've seen kiwi in the wild. I'm so glad you made it there.
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Ok, now that you've sat through that rant, my family and I saw SEVEN KIWIS yesterday! 3 were on Ulva Island, and 4 were just snarfling around in the grass on the sides of the roads around Oban, the only town on Stewart Island. The giant New Zealand pigeons, Kurerū, were abundant and delightful. We saw kākā parrots in town and in the woods, too!
Nearly 40 people came to my talk! Which is extra incredible because there are only 300 people living on the island.
@sundogplanets such an amazing place - and the only one where I've seen kiwi in the wild. I'm so glad you made it there.
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@sundogplanets such an amazing place - and the only one where I've seen kiwi in the wild. I'm so glad you made it there.
@ShayneParkinson @sundogplanets I was hoping to see kiwi on Rakiura but didn't. I hear that one can see lots of diurnal kiwi on the Southern Circuit, and I would like to do that some day. I've only seen a truly wild kiwi on the Kepler (I'm a bit mixed about Zealandia).
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Kia Ora, Invercargilll!
I still owe the world a few posts about my time on Stewart Island Rakiura because that was completely incredibly amazing. But the only internet access I had was through the public library, which has a Starlink antenna on top, which made me feel pretty gross.
Say it with me again, everyone: rural and remote places need internet access that is not controlled by and enriching an American billionaire!! #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets Agreed! Glad you had the time to visit Rakiura. A very special place.
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@EnigmaRotor great!
Mine is still here: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/115995650949592230
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L'Iran prepara il contrattacco: “La risposta sarà schiacciante”. Ali Khamenei trasferito in un luogo sicuro
https://www.affaritaliani.it/esteri/liran-prepara-il-contrattacco-la-risposta-sara-schiacciante-ali-khamenei-trasferito-in-un-luogo-sicuro.html
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Altro che Trump, gli elettori americani sono sempre più pacifisti
Oltre il 60% degli americani è contrario a un intervento militare diretto contro l’Iran, preferendo la via diplomatica o sanzionatoria.
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@kenobit AAAAAAhhhhhh, *corro a spostare tutti gli impegni per esserci*
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Stasera suonerò a Reggio Emilia, al circolo arci Tunnel.
Con me ci sarà anche arottenbit con il suo setup potentissimo con batteria e Game Boy.
Chi viene?
(nota: inizialmente doveva essere a Modena, poi c'è stato un cambio di location)
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@d_von_bern li hanno messi fuori o li hanno "fatti" fuori? 🤔
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#Tails 7.5 available: https://tails.net/news/version_7.5/
