Fowl play all aflutter in Bird of the Year competition

[JHan]

Last week it was revealed that someone from Christchurch lodged more than 100 fraudulent votes for the white-faced heron.

Now an Instagram account is trolling the bird candidates accusing the white-faced Heron of being a racist and the Kiwi a "fat flightless f**k."

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"Radio Hauraki is backing @gullforflory and has defended the trolling campaign saying "if we are talking about dirty tactics the advocates for the white-faced heron have been cheating, the campaign is dirty already".

This is something Bird of the Year coordinator Kimberley Collins is well aware of, saying "the competition can be fierce, and people find all sorts of ways to promote their bird".

"This year has been the most popular Bird of the Year competition to date with 30,000 entries raising more than $10,000.

Well damn.

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[brer cat]

1. And we thought politics could get nasty.

Who knew birders were just as bad!

[JHan]

2. The instagram account... I can't even...

https://www.instagram.com/gullforglory/

[brer cat]

4. ...

[irisblue]

3. This one.....

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaaQsfVHka9/