Fruits of love … a male kākāpō sitting on a tree on Codfish Island in New Zealand. The world’s heaviest parrots started breeding last week for the first time in four years, giving hope of a big boost to the small population. The native rimu trees are producing a bumper crop of berries, the kākāpō’s main food, which conservationists hope will lead to a record number of chicks for the critically endangered bird.





A male kākāpō sitting on a tree on Codfish Island in New Zealand. 

Photograph: Jake Osborne/Dept of Conservation, New Zealand/AFP/Getty Images
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