Blogger: Campaign Manager for the Skua, Tom Hunt “Tough to love, and impossible to forget,’’ is how bird enthusiast Scott Weidensaul describes the skua. I am not backing the skua in this poll because I particularly like them  – after all, who could? They are nasty and ugly creatures. From making smaller birds regurgitate prey, […]

Guest Blogger: Campaign Manager for the Harrier Hawk, Tom Kahu Hunt   Please note: voting for Bird of the Year will begin in mid-September.  You will, as you read cases for other birds of the year, come across sickeningly-cutesy reasons for choosing the cheeky kea, the twittering fool the fantail, or that flightless national bore the kiwi. […]