Bird of the Century winner announced: Pūteketeke pandemonium prevails

The pūteketeke Australasian crested grebe has won Bird of the Century 2023.

Pūteketeke won, no surprise there. I think what most of us were waiting for was the 2nd spot which goes to North Island Brown Kiwi.

According to the article the second choice of the Pūteketeke crowd was the Rockhopper penguin, so I think that means it's a legit win for the kiwi?

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For me it's the rifleman that lil guy is so cute.
- Adorable!
a bit of AI folded paper

https://no.lastname.nz/post/196128
Huh. I had those as my 1-2 votes, I'm chuffed. I don't remember what my 3-5 votes were, but I'm sure I had a penguin in there.

I'm surprsed I didn't get an email from Forest & Bird with the results. Is there somewhere I can see how my votes went? I can't see it from the site.
- Not sure.... that would be good!