Kiwi Bird - Introduce yours here!! <3
Apr 19, 2019 14:30:03 GMT -5
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Post by Newfie on Apr 19, 2019 14:30:03 GMT -5
Not long now...
~~~Click here for a real life Kiwi!~~~
There is going to be an explosion of Kiwi Bird adoptions as they start flying in over the next few days!!
Introduce yours here!! It will be so much fun to introduce them to each other!!
Can't wait to see some of your new pets!!
Here's a little info on the Kiwi!
Most birds sleep at night, and it has long been thought that the kiwi is nocturnal, since it is rarely seen during the day. But researchers studying the bird on New Zealand's Stewart Island have seen them out and about during the day. Still, the kiwi usually rests in deep underground burrows or hollow logs during the day, and as night begins to fall, it slowly pokes its bill out to sniff the air.
If the coast is clear, the bird cautiously emerges to begin a nightly routine of gorging on worms and other invertebrates.
Kiwis evolved sharing their habitat with another bird, the weka, that eats their eggs, so they had to get “sneaky” in hiding their burrows. However, their casual “sleeping burrow” has a noticeable dirt arrow pointing right to it, as the kiwis fling the dirt behind them while making the opening! Because they did not evolve with any mammal predators around, kiwis lack the appropriate anti-mammal predatory response; kiwi chicks are vulnerable to nonnative predators like domestic cats and dogs, as well as stoats, weasels, ferrets, and rats. Sadly, this species suffers from a 95-pecent chick mortality rate!
The kiwi is the only bird in the world that has nostrils at the tip of its bill. It also has a highly developed sense of smell.
Using only scent to find food and sensory pads at the tip of the bill to catch its food, the kiwi lives on grubs, worms, bugs, berries, and seeds.
If dirt gets sniffed up in it nostrils, the kiwi can sneeze it out! It can also use its sturdy, powerful feet to kick apart rotting logs to find beetles to eat.
Foraging from dusk to dawn, these birds can be heard snuffling around in their territory; if alarmed, they run off and then stick their bills into the air,
sniffing to see if it's safe to return. Their ears are large, giving them a very good sense of hearing.
They have been seen tipping their head toward a sound to listen more clearly, much like humans do.
A kiwi is very protective of its own territory—it doesn’t want other kiwis taking all the good food and burrows it worked so hard to make.
So, the kiwi patrols its area every night, leaving smelly droppings to mark boundaries to keep other kiwis away—a very unbird-like behavior.
To keep track of each other in the dark, kiwis can shriek loudly, a half scream, half whistle that also serves to scare others away.
This cry sounds like “kee-wee, kee-wee,” which is how the bird got its name. The kiwi can also grunt, snort, and hiss when angry.
~~~Click here for a real life Kiwi!~~~ There is going to be an explosion of Kiwi Bird adoptions as they start flying in over the next few days!!
Introduce yours here!! It will be so much fun to introduce them to each other!!
Can't wait to see some of your new pets!!
Here's a little info on the Kiwi!
The kiwi lives in forested areas of New Zealand that tend to be very steep and wet, surrounded by shrubs and trees found nowhere else on Earth.
Since it is not able to fly up into trees to nest, rest, or escape from danger, the kiwi makes its home in burrows in the ground of its swampy forest or grassland habitat. The bird digs multiple burrows within its territory, using strong toes and claws. Nest burrows, dug early in the season, become overgrown at the entrance to provide great camouflage by the time the female is ready to lay her eggs.
Since it is not able to fly up into trees to nest, rest, or escape from danger, the kiwi makes its home in burrows in the ground of its swampy forest or grassland habitat. The bird digs multiple burrows within its territory, using strong toes and claws. Nest burrows, dug early in the season, become overgrown at the entrance to provide great camouflage by the time the female is ready to lay her eggs.
Most birds sleep at night, and it has long been thought that the kiwi is nocturnal, since it is rarely seen during the day. But researchers studying the bird on New Zealand's Stewart Island have seen them out and about during the day. Still, the kiwi usually rests in deep underground burrows or hollow logs during the day, and as night begins to fall, it slowly pokes its bill out to sniff the air.
If the coast is clear, the bird cautiously emerges to begin a nightly routine of gorging on worms and other invertebrates.
Kiwis evolved sharing their habitat with another bird, the weka, that eats their eggs, so they had to get “sneaky” in hiding their burrows. However, their casual “sleeping burrow” has a noticeable dirt arrow pointing right to it, as the kiwis fling the dirt behind them while making the opening! Because they did not evolve with any mammal predators around, kiwis lack the appropriate anti-mammal predatory response; kiwi chicks are vulnerable to nonnative predators like domestic cats and dogs, as well as stoats, weasels, ferrets, and rats. Sadly, this species suffers from a 95-pecent chick mortality rate!
The kiwi is the only bird in the world that has nostrils at the tip of its bill. It also has a highly developed sense of smell.
Using only scent to find food and sensory pads at the tip of the bill to catch its food, the kiwi lives on grubs, worms, bugs, berries, and seeds.
If dirt gets sniffed up in it nostrils, the kiwi can sneeze it out! It can also use its sturdy, powerful feet to kick apart rotting logs to find beetles to eat.
Foraging from dusk to dawn, these birds can be heard snuffling around in their territory; if alarmed, they run off and then stick their bills into the air,
sniffing to see if it's safe to return. Their ears are large, giving them a very good sense of hearing.
They have been seen tipping their head toward a sound to listen more clearly, much like humans do.
A kiwi is very protective of its own territory—it doesn’t want other kiwis taking all the good food and burrows it worked so hard to make.
So, the kiwi patrols its area every night, leaving smelly droppings to mark boundaries to keep other kiwis away—a very unbird-like behavior.
To keep track of each other in the dark, kiwis can shriek loudly, a half scream, half whistle that also serves to scare others away.
This cry sounds like “kee-wee, kee-wee,” which is how the bird got its name. The kiwi can also grunt, snort, and hiss when angry.
Does she have any Webkinz bird siblings? 
(This is the closest color bird Smiley to her.)
So happy for it! Thank you Pawprint! I actually just finished playing bingo at work, for the United Way. I didn't win. 
lol! 
