Lamb
Ovis aries
Introduced.
It’s hard to go wrong with a nice roast leg of lamb, slow roasted, with some fresh garden herbs and some Barker’s mint jelly on the side…
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Western Weka
Gallirallus australis australis
Endemic. Extreme Fluctuations. Increasing.
Get off the road!
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Matuku moana / White faced heron
Egretta novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Native. Not Threatened. Stable Overseas.
See reflections on the water, more than darkness in the depths… Goldeneye…. STAB
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Kotuku ngutupapa / Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
Native, conservation status: Naturally Uncommon, Sparse, Range Restricted, Increasing, Secure Overseas.
The yellow eyebrows make them seem perennially cross with you…
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Gallus gallus domesticus / Domestic Chicken
Introduced
This is the buddy of yesterday’s bird, as promised…
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Gallus gallus domesticus / Domestic Chicken
Introduced
Ran into this free range chook near the Baton River Rd ford along with his more golden mate (who’ll probably be tomorrow’s pic)
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Korimako / Bellbird
Anthornis melanura melanura. Adult
Endemic; Not Threatened status.
Another shot of yesterday’s popular bird…
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Korimako / Bellbird
Anthornis melanura melanura. Adult
Endemic; Not Threatened status.
Man it is ages since I featured a bellbird. Well overdue, I reckon…
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Kāhu / Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
Native. Not Threatened. Stable Overseas.
NZ’s largest extant raptor.
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Western Weka
Gallirallus australis australis
Endemic. Extreme Fluctuations. Increasing.
Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I’m going down the garden to eat woooooorms…
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