Kea delight locals and visitors alike with coastal antics this summer

Kea have become beach goers this summer as they feast on nectar from harakeke/flax flowers  near the sea at Ōkārito on the West Coast and Golden Bay.

“Kea are well known as our alpine parrot, but they actually live from the mountains to the sea,” a Department of Conservation (DOC) said in a Facebook post.

Paula Sheridan has lived in Ōkārito for 18 years and said she had never seen kea so active near the coast or stay for this long before.

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Published in Stuff 25 January 2023