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

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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