And the Bird of the Year is … Oh, you already know that it is the pīwauwau/rock wren. The entire country, if you subscribe to RNZ’s enthusiastic embrace, is enthralled by this yearly competition. I enjoyed hearing those pitching for votes for less-well-known or less-popular birds impersonating their song.
Impersonating birds is good fun. I may have been known to pretend to be a fantail. I may have been overheard giggling
