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Pied stilt – Poaka

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The pied stilt is a small wading bird with black-and-white coloration and very long pink legs. It is common at wetlands and coastal areas throughout New Zealand and may be seen feeding alongside oystercatchers. Pied stilts tend to be shy … Continue reading →

Sacred kingfisher – Kōtare

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Sacred Kingfishers (Todiramphus sanctus) are native to New Zealand and found throughout in a wide range of habitats including forests, river margins, farmland, lakes estuaries and rocky coastlines; anywhere where there is water or open country with adjacent elevated perches. There … Continue reading →

Southern Black-backed Gull (Karoro)

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The Kelp/Dominican Gull or Southern Black-backed Gull is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. It is found around South America, parts of Australia (where it overlaps with the Pacific gull), and here in New Zealand (where … Continue reading →

Pūkeko

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Last weekend we saw this beautiful Pūkeko wandering through some tall grass. We stopped to say hello and he gave us this look as if to say “what are you looking at!?” According to Te Ara – “Pūkeko are closely … Continue reading →

Day 8

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Day 8 - 08/01/17 - Starling

January 8th 2017 – Starling – Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus

I put some broken up pieces of bread out for the birds today (which isn’t really anything unusual for me, they’re so cute that I cannot resist feeding them) and I thought maybe if I am quiet enough this time I might be able to snap a nice picture. Not long after I put the bread out, the sparrows and starlings were munching away on the bread, seemingly happy. Until a big flock of seagulls (like 10 of them) came swooping in to steal the food! Don’t think I have ever had seagulls in my backyard in any other house I have lived in. Crazy! hehe!

Red-billed gull – Larus novaehollandiae Stephens
Red-billed gull – Larus novaehollandiae Stephens
Starling – Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus
Starling – Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus
House sparrow – Passer domesticus