An unusual theft

Here's a brief news item from the Otago Daily Times, our local newspaper.

Brazen Theft
A brazen thief stole a Scotsman's passport, but Te Anau police are not pursuing an arrest or attempting to recover the document. The man reported the theft of his passport from a bus heading into Milford Sound this week, The Southland Times reported. A kea swiped his passport from a coloured carrier bag, when the bus stopped at the Chasm on the Milford Road.

You may remember that I posted some photos of keas at the end of last year (my post from December 29, 2008). We spent Christmas last year in Te Anau, the jumping off place for Milford Sound. On the day we drove to Milford Sound, we stopped at the Chasm, a cool gorge with a waterfall and a pedestrian bridge. In the parking lot we saw several keas. They are the only alpine parrot in the world and are known as very cheeky birds. Here's one kea we saw.