They don't fly terribly far as it is but it serves them for hopping between trees!

I googled them and they do seem a similar size. The foraging behaviour of the titipounamu also reminds me of the behavior of the tree creepers I saw visiting the PNW.

Also loved the little chapter about New Zealand's use of bioforms in Dogs of War 😆.

Of course I was trying to type “trail cam”. This bird did nothing wrong and should not be on trial.

I still lurk on it sometimes and it seems to load much more slowly for me now too. Sometimes it takes long enough that I think, "Wait what am I doing?" and then close it before I start doom-scrolling.

I am jealous though also kind of glad boiled sweets aren't easy to just find at the supermarket or I wouldn't have any teeth left

There's one such asshole (you can guess who) who loves to use science fiction references and I'm pretty sure at least one of those authors would have hated his guts.

We were taught at primary school in NZ in the 1990's. I can still read them but I have to think about it if it's a big number