Painting NZ's Kaka Bird
After Helen and I moved to Matakana one of the first bird calls we heard came from the Kaka. They have a very distinct call which you can hear in the soundtrack of the short video below.
One morning they had bolstered their numbers on our semi-rural property to about six or seven and seemed to be ganging up on the Magpies trying to move them out of the area. They were making a hell of a racket . We were told the Kakas were flying over to the mainland from Little Barrier .
We were so intrigued with these snubbed headed birds that I decided to do a painting of one . I have attached a small sequence of my drawing process for your entertainment and also the finished painting.
By the way we don’t see many Magpies around the place but we do see a lot of Kakas
Best wishes - CP
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