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Nora Leggs

Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:59:13 +1300

maybe it is Frequent Flier?

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:13:54 +1300

Pick a letter
is it the Hauraki Gull F?

Nora Leggs

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:10:47 +1300

Autumn wading

Chris Waugh

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:58:11 +1300

A sign.

Chris Waugh

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:51:47 +1300

At Plimmerton this morning.

Nora Leggs

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 20:40:46 +1300

F off!

That was quick!

Jos

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 20:39:45 +1300

F off!

Nora Leggs

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 20:33:20 +1300

Pick a letter

Nora Leggs

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:20:58 +1300

Well perched

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:48:35 +1300

Paul Dibble apparently
Indeed, that man Dibble has bite...
Ten dentures?

Nora Leggs

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:12:37 +1300

Stringer/Hammond creation?

Paul Dibble apparently

Horus buzz indeed!

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:58:55 +1300

A Horus buzz...
Yuk, they said
Is that a Stringer/Hammond creation?

Nora Leggs

Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:49:27 +1300

The passing school kids weren’t impressed. Yuk, they said.

Chris Waugh

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:29:07 +1300

So Zhou Qiyuan of the Nanjing Daily has decided that, among sheep and old people, New Zealand has a lot of birds, which are well loved by the locals. Why on Earth she was so impressed by the sight of pigeons, gulls and sparrows in downtown Wellington, I don't know.…

Nora Leggs

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:43:58 +1300

Unusual visitor to Mt Eden today
through a gate and round the side of a house

Nora Leggs

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:04:47 +1300

Aesthetic gull, almost a gull selfie, random snap and he positions himself perfectly just inside the frame

JacksonP

Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:08:48 +1200

'tis the season for catching birds on a wire.

Nora Leggs

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:54:12 +1200

Spring – blossoms and feathers

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:29:32 +1200

Another pair of pigeons....surreal normality on what was an unreal day...22/02/2011

Taken in Haast.

Nora Leggs

Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:42:14 +1200

Canoondlers

Nora Leggs

Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:31:43 +1200

Proper birds even dress up a bit

Aah nooo! I hope they've been photoshopped not dressshopped.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:20:53 +1200

Birds like a drop o' culture...
Proper birds even dress up a bit, eh Miss Potter?

Nora Leggs

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:14:54 +1200

Culture gulls

David Hood

Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:53:37 +1300

A couple more from Orokonui

David Hood

Sun, 19 Jan 2014 15:58:37 +1300

South Island Fernbird! Taken at Orokonui.

Nora Leggs

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:57:14 +1200

waxy with attitude

Bit of a punk waxy there!

Jos

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:16:26 +1200

Gots a kereru

and a waxy with attitude

Nora Leggs

Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:23:37 +1200

Magpie scores a goal

David Hood

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:53:01 +1200

I "clocked" my camera last week, having taken more than 10000 pictures with it the counter is back to 1. Kaka.

ChrisW

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:11:54 +1300

(I _think_ it is a young Brown Creeper, Pipipi, but am really not sure)
I'd agree with you, and about not being absolutely sure too, without the additional matters of being in a small flock, calls etc. I'm not familiar with sub-adults up close, and haven't seen any for a…

David Hood

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:13:30 +1300

Anyone want to make a strong opinion on this one (I _think_ it is a young Brown Creeper, Pipipi, but am really not sure)

David Hood

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:07:42 +1300

Tomtits. I think the near one was a fledgling.

JacksonP

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:38:15 +1300

Tui atOrokonui ecosanctuary

Great capture David.

David Hood

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:29:14 +1300

I'd actually be focusing the camera in on a bellbird that had been on the branch, when the Tui swooped down with everything extended and chased the bellbird off, so I took the shot. I said to my daughter "if that is in focus it is going to be a…

Islander

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:51:29 +1300

Ka nui te pai!
Note how it is using one wing as a brace against the branch-
Some of our birdlife is basically 4-footed-

David Hood

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:38:59 +1300

Tui atOrokonui ecosanctuary

JacksonP

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:09:42 +1300

Nice to see you adding to this still. Keep 'em coming.

I posted gannets on the summer thread, but here's another in flight shot.

David Hood

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:56:49 +1300

I knew it had the wrong shaped head to be a shag, and looking at the zoomed in picture later, I realise I was seeing an Australasian Crested Grebe in Queenstown Bay.

ChrisW

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:50:21 +1300

definitive native Robin shotIndeed – you can read the settings on her lens, looking straight back into yours!

David Hood

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:25:49 +1300

Rifleman. Lake Sylvan. Today.

David Hood

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:22:48 +1300

From today, what I thinks will be my definitive native Robin shot. Lake Sylvan.

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:10:28 +1300

Gerald Scarfies...
Bird of paradise, slightly the worse for wear
Hang on. I recognise that dissolute insouciance, didn't he used to play guitar in Hello Sailor or summoneorudder like that?

Nora Leggs

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:01:33 +1300

Bird of paradise, slightly the worse for wear

Islander

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:28:45 +1300

You are so good...and so were Nora's photos-

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:02:05 +1300

Toucan play at that game...
Ginger Bird Sculpture
beak on piquant
from takahe takeaways...
or
rhino rhizome?

Nora Leggs

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:26:42 +1300

Mr Leggs ‘created’ this Ginger Bird Sculpture while prepping tonights curry…..

David Hood

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:19:22 +1300

I was out at Orokanui Ecosanctuary today, and while most things were too under the canopy for good photos (the kaka) or not sitting still (the fernbird) I did get this nice shot of a Grey Warbler

David Hood

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:39:12 +1300

Oystercatcher and chick (taken at extreme zoom). Victory Beach.

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:30:57 +1300

The avian equivalent of a love handle?

Sacha

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:37:48 +1300

precursor to a shag

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:44:18 +1300

BOTY ?
Earth!
eerie listening
or the ultimate eyrie

David Hood

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:55:19 +1300

Another slide scan

David Hood

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:49:10 +1300

And here is a robin, as described earlier, trying to figure out where the other robin is.

Nora Leggs

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:03:40 +1300

Apologies for the fuzzy zoom (lack of) quality
Gannet pecking order?
Is one Gannet testing the body fat of the other Gannet?

Islander

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:47:53 +1300

Kia ora Mick – info taken aboard.
I need to get consent of the land-owner (who is a cousin) before giving details.
He's 15years older than me, but still *very* protective of his farm, and what it harbours....

Islander

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:45:08 +1300

Yesss!

Nora Leggs

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:31:11 +1300

Gannets, and wannabe Gannets at Muriwai

David Hood

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:23:02 +1300

When I was young, we used to going camping in Fiordland in alternate years. We had the Cassette tape "Children of Tane : New Zealand birds of the forest" by Radio New Zealand, and playing the robin call would reliably bring the local native robin in close trying to work…

David Hood

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:39:34 +1300

are they all as lovely?

There are a lot that are very nice, but not all.
for those that have been following my scanning, I am looking at using exiftool and some scripting to bulk add information to the picture metadata, so it is part of the picture.

Nora Leggs

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:47:30 +1300

I have 2100 slides (17Gb) scanned

The pictures you've posted from your dad's slides are beautiful, are they all as lovely?

David Hood

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:44:08 +1300

You seem to have a real treasure trove there

I have 2100 slides (17Gb) scanned, and estimate I am about a third of the way through the slide collection. As my brother Lyndon will probably understand, if there is ever a need for a scenic shot of Central Otago, a…

JacksonP

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:51:53 +1300

A scan of one of my father’s slides

Great shot David. You seem to have a real treasure trove there.

Lilith __

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:52:08 +1300

Oooo, that's a nice shot!

David Hood

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:42:31 +1300

A scan of one of my father's slides

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:14:35 +1300

Teenage kicks...
Pigeons hanging around
For some reason, glass bottomed table soccer never really took off...

Nora Leggs

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:44:13 +1300

Pigeons hanging around

David Hood

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:56:49 +1300

I did indeed, and have been showing it off to all and sundry.

JacksonP

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:53:10 +1300

That's cool David.

Since you're here, hopefully you have received the print by now?

David Hood

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:44:54 +1300

A kind of moire pattern

Could be. the reason I thumb (or for that matter palm) is that it is only across part of the picture.

Joe Wylie

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:20:08 +1300

I suspect there was a thumb print on the slide
Nice pic of a lovely little fella. BTW those 'thumbprint' lines look too clean and parallel. A kind of moire pattern created by aviary mesh perhaps?

David Hood

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:11:06 +1300

One of my father's slides (after scanning, I suspect there was a thumb print on the slide)

Mike Dickison

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:28:14 +1300

You should probably contact the NZ Ornithological Society (http://osnz.org.nz/contact-us/regional-recorders) then, just for the record, as a 1950s sighting of koreke would be like seeing a live huia in 1982, or a Laughing Owl today. In fact because NZ quail disappeared so quickly it's even more amazing that a breeding population…

Nora Leggs

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:57:29 +1300

taken through plants in a hurry, at a distance, with the camera on burst mode

I LIKE 'em : ) Candid, a bit abstract, and maybe even a bit Parrot Paparazzi!

David Hood

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:39:53 +1300

3rd prize

Woot!
Here is a pair of photos that were taken through plants in a hurry, at a distance, with the camera on burst mode. They are rather cropped. They could as easily have gone in the Spring thread as they were taken in Sept 09.

Gareth

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:24:50 +1300

I am deeply chuffed. Choughed? (Not natives). Thanks JP. I shall look through the prints and let you know. Meanwhile, here's those kea posed somewhat differently (this one used to be my favourite of the series)...

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:27:39 +1300

*I absorbed Maori words better than any sponge does water – then-

....,now

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:09:50 +1300

The Falcon deserves the recognition. BOTY Falcon! :)
But many others too.

Islander

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:53:08 +1300

Kia ora Mike – I didnt realise just what we'd seen – except they were koreke*- until many many years later. My 3 siblings of that time were then way too young to remember, and my cousin(Kai Tahu side) and my father, who was with us, are long dead.
It…

JacksonP

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:21:43 +1300

Good one for gifting Sam’s prints, us Whakatane boys need to stick together eh Jac! ;)

Yep. Although we seem to be replicating quite well. We're everywhere, man! It's like half the people I know come from down that way. Something in the water? ;-)

Mike Dickison

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:50:54 +1300

Seeing NZ Quail in the 1950s would be takahe-rediscovery-level amazing, as they went extinct in Canterbury about 1875. But there aren't many other candidates apart from California Quail: Australian brown quail are only in the North Island, chukor are big, partridges I think were not introduced until later. So it's…

Jos

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:20:14 +1300

Good one for gifting Sam's prints, us Whakatane boys need to stick together eh Jac! ;)

JacksonP

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:06:01 +1300

Righto then, the Bird of the Year has been decided. In case you missed it, it was… going to be announced at 6.30pm tonight. I guess on the news.

I’ll get my own decision out of the way early.

It was, as Sofie suggested, a difficult decision. So I wimped…

Joe Wylie

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:36:58 +1300

Great pics Sofie & Lilith. With that distinctive headgear on the adults they have to be California quail. I remember a male hanging around some farmyard ducklings when I was a kid, as if he badly wanted to be involved. As rearing quail young is apparently a family affair I wondered…

Jos

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:29:49 +1300

New Zealand Birds has this

http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/koreke.html

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:40:57 +1300

Oh, but hers isn’t brown? I never noticed the headgear. I guess they are but are younger. Doh!

Islander

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:25:28 +1300

Really, where? I know they existed but I’ve never even seen a picture of one.

In Canterbury (yes, largish area) and I remember it because the family member who called us all out to see the 5 birds (2 adults, 3 nearly-grown chicks) said, "You wont see these again." He…

Nora Leggs

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:06:00 +1300

Does anyone know what these birds are

Aren't they the same quails as in Liliths photo? : )

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:40:20 +1300

Does anyone know what these birds are that are really timid and will not let me close hence the bad pic??

Lilith __

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:11:48 +1300

I saw some of the last NZ quail waaay back in the early 1950s…v. different-looking birds-

Really, where? I know they existed but I've never even seen a picture of one.

Islander

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:49:27 +1300

I saw some of the last NZ quail waaay back in the early 1950s...v. different-looking birds-

Lilith __

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:15:43 +1300

Not a native, and not a great photo, but I’m so chuffed to unexpectedly come face-to-face with one of these in my own garden! And it waited while I ran in for my camera, too. :-) Quite a fatty. Hoping my cat doesn’t see it.

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:35:54 +1300

I’m just trying to ease your pain :)
Ask him to do 3 for the price of 1. A postcard size even

JacksonP

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:18:40 +1300

You could do a 1st 2nd and 3rd Jackson ;)

But I only have one prize!

Maybe I'll use the Internet List Randomizer. Or something. ;-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:07:28 +1300

You could do a 1st 2nd and 3rd Jackson ;)

JacksonP

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:04:50 +1300

Gareth’s skua seems not to be there, although its caption is.

Have fixed the caption problem. Had decided on the wonderful Kea pairing for Gareth's photo, so the Skua flew away. ;-)

bsd1

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:01:29 +1300

bsd1 = the username assigned to me at Waikato University back in 1993, and I've stuck with it ;)

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:58:47 +1300

Cheers
Jackson
I'd hate to be in your shoes . You have a hard task to choose any of this thread. So many beautiful birds.Whilst up North a friend gave me 5 books on NZ Native Birds to read. Fascinating information. I then had to give them back and now…

Lilith __

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:32:34 +1300

Gareth's skua seems not to be there, although its caption is.

JacksonP

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:58:01 +1300

Hi there everyone.

This has been a lot of fun, and don't let me stop you posting more.

Just thought I'd narrow down the entrants to a selection, for which I decided to have a play with Storify. You can see them here.

Have also enjoyed the stories and contributions…

David Hood

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:15:21 +1300

What fabulous feathers, and colours

Not a native, but (to quote Python) "Beautiful plumage!"

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:14:05 +1300

Flights of fancy...
Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Where they can be safe from militant milliners...
What fabulous feathers, and colours...
and it's fascinating how those colour are created...

Maybe Jeff Noon, was on (to) something...

David Hood

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:54:04 +1300

Another Orokonui Ecosanctuary Kaka

Nora Leggs

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:29:27 +1300

Close enough for him to start pulling pieces off your camera!

Nora Leggs

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:27:21 +1300

Love the detail insert – that is a mean beak he has there.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:00:13 +1300

It’s not uncommon for a bunch of these young rascals to land on our roof and set about deconstructing whatever they can get their beaks into....
a classic case of "all Kea , no responsibility!"

Mike Howe

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:47:15 +1300

Looks like a young one to me.

Mike Howe

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:43:28 +1300

It's not uncommon for a bunch of these young rascals to land on our roof and set about deconstructing whatever they can get their beaks into. I climbed up to join them one afternoon and got close enough to look this one in the eye.

ktktk8

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:49:53 +1300

Love the wee Yellow Eyed Penguin Karen! Reminds me of watching one surf into the beach at the end of days fishing and have all sorts of trouble as there was a a steep sand 'cliff' he had to negotiate, he tried jumping and jumping and ended up having to…

Islander

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:34:41 +1300

Awww...puir wee pink balloon, puir wee bird...

-berloody beaut photos tho'!

Nora Leggs

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:19:11 +1300

Stretching things a bit......
OK, so it's not a bird
but it has a similarity to Karen's little lonely penguin

Sad Balloon

Gareth

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:44:28 +1300

Yes, ours recovered from the kitchen window incident and resumed normal operations. Unfortunately another one wasn't so lucky – a few days ago I found it dead in the garden after smashing into a window.

Bruce Buckman

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:31:41 +1300

We've had pairs of Kingfishers nesting in our St for several years. A few years ago one flew into a window. I rushed outside thinking it would be dead, but they obviously have strong necks, We had to go out so I put it in a shoe box and carried…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:25:59 +1300

...is how much like Klingon Birds of Prey they look.
True, in a down beat kinda way...
;- )

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:27:24 +1300

and some, swim with eels…..

and some try ballet, albeit awkwardly. :) Western Spring shots are lovely Nora and so are all the ones on here peeps. Grand effort.

Nora Leggs

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:59:03 +1300

on Otago Peninsula

I love this one – easy to run a whole lot of anthropomorphism round the little lonely penguin : )

And Bruce''s flying shag too, making a lumpy, ungainly bird look elegant.

Lilith __

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:19:59 +1300

Great shots Bruce, love the heron especially.

Chris Waugh

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:17:33 +1300

Went to Longtan Park today. I was hoping to see a few ducks, but it seems they'd either sensed the changing season and had taken off for more hospitable climes, or they were hiding from the holiday crowds. Heard plenty of other birds, but couldn't see them (sneaky recordings played…

Bruce Buckman

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:12:19 +1300

Walking beside Lake Taupo in the evening, at Hatape back in July. This Heron was intent on fishing and ignored me, walking right up to and past me. Seemed quite proficient, and definitely beautiful.

Bruce Buckman

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:04:17 +1300

Last spring we got hit by a plague of flies, but on the upside natural pest control arrived in the shape of a fantail that took up resisdence in the plum tree, happily chasing down flies.

Bruce Buckman

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:47:13 +1300

Back in summer 2011 the flax that sits outside our family room flowered for the first time. Two tuis started to turn up, like clockwork, twice a day. It seemed like they milked it in the morning and again in the evening. By sitting on the sofa by the window,…

Karen White

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:44:03 +1300

Albatross – same trip. Amazing to watch

Karen White

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:42:50 +1300

Taken a few summers ago on Otago Peninsula

Bruce Buckman

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:30:34 +1300

What I like about Shags is how much like Klingon Birds of Prey they look.

Nora Leggs

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:21:40 +1300

Swan spying on Pukeko

Nora Leggs

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:14:56 +1300

….. and then some swim

and some, swim with eels…..

Gareth

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:13:08 +1300

Blame the birds, not me. Keas are poseurs (sometimes!).

JacksonP

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:42:38 +1300

That's setting the bar pretty high Gareth. What a stunning shot.

Gareth

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:58:45 +1300

Still going strong, I see. Here's a couple of kea. (Carpark above the Hollyford Valley on the drive to Milford, and, yes, it was raining).

ktktk8

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:07:11 +1300

Mmh, hummingbirds are super cute – I love how they can just hang in the air!

Lilith __

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:06:45 +1300

Fluffy ducks! Can never have too many of those. :-)

David Hood

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:28:32 +1300

Another common species one.

David Hood

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:27:47 +1300

Have we run out of birds!?

Well, I do have more bird pictures, but I've been through most of my archive.

Nora Leggs

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:31:55 +1300

Hola to the Baranquillo and it's very interesting tail! I wish we had hummingbirds here, I had one hover in front of my face in San Francisco this year, and then zip away again. That was magic : )

ktktk8

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:00:46 +1300

I miss NZ birds! So it has been lovely to see lots on this post! I now live in the coffee growing area of Colombia so thought I could share one of our backyard visitors – the Baranquillo who has some rather gorgeous tail feathers! We were pretty exciting to…

Nora Leggs

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:08:53 +1300

What's happened? Have we run out of birds!?

Nora Leggs

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:05:17 +1300

Wish I had wings.

That'll be Red Bull you're needing then? : )

Lilith __

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:19:26 +1300

An oldie, reposted.

Hey, I haven't seen that. Landing or taking off? Wish I had wings.

Lilith __

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:16:42 +1300

A swallow picture I took a couple of years ago, and turned into a Valentine’s card.

Nice shot. Aren’t swallows’ wings amazingly pointy? Also lovely shot a page or so ago with the waxeye in the jade tree. :-)

David Hood

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:24:38 +1300

A swallow picture I took a couple of years ago, and turned into a Valentine's card.

Nora Leggs

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:03:11 +1300

Reposting too

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:56:01 +1300

An oldie, reposted.

Ok ;)
+1 I don't think I have.

JacksonP

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:18:32 +1300

An oldie, reposted.

Nice little photo story Venetia. Thanks.

Only 8 days to go for the Bird of the Year voting. You know, just in case you haven't already voted for the Kakapo. Or whatever takes your fancy. At the moment it looks like the Karearea/NZ Falcon is going to…

Venetia King

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:34:24 +1300

Round two (didn’t realise there was a limit of 3!) – this time mum feeds them in a different order.

Venetia King

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:32:42 +1300

I’ve been meaning to put these somewhere – swallow parenting as seen from my mother-in-law’s kitchen window at the Mount, a couple of Januarys ago…

Venetia King

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:27:57 +1300

So many lovely birds! I voted right at the start of Bird Of The Year and nearly forgot which one I chose, had to look up the email to make sure... I picked the fairy tern as I figured with so few of them left they could do with the…

Nora Leggs

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:27:11 +1300

WOW!

Thanks – but I've noticed that the picture looks like a face, with a green willow fringe, the seagulls as eyes and the swan as nose and mouth – and I can't see it any other way now...

Islander

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:24:45 +1300

WOW!

(What- over-ther-top-wonderfulness!)

Nora Leggs

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:14:22 +1300

Can’t resist one more

Little Black Swan between two trees

Lilith __

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:39:34 +1300

few birds in attendance.

Jackson, I had to look those shags up but they are I think NOT Black Shags OR Little Shags but Little Black Shags!! We don't get them down here and they are v cute.

Also like the heron with extra-long legs. :-)

Islander

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:57:46 +1300

Tautoko!
This thread – this place – refreshes my mind...thank you everyone! (actually, that wee ladybird is a bit unusual...)

Lilith __

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:32:47 +1300

the fern reflected

Those reflections are amazing. Op art. :-) What a lot of beautiful photos in this thread.

Nora Leggs

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:40:47 +1300

Then there was the Moorhen family
And pond
And just the fern reflected

Nora Leggs

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:38:52 +1300

Does the Lady Bird count? Also at Western Springs.

Goose
Gull

Nora Leggs

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:38:10 +1300

So green

My word that was fast Jackie, I'd barely hit Post : )

Jackie Clark

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:37:08 +1300

Oh Nora, that first one is divine! So green.

Nora Leggs

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:35:22 +1300

Look out!!! Bird hunting in Western Springs park this afternoon – seething with birds it was…..

Black swan, green reflections
Swan family
Signet in Fern reflection

JacksonP

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:10:36 +1300

A family trip to Tahuna Torea Reserve this morning. Nice walk, and few birds in attendance.

Jackie Clark

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:20:31 +1300

All these beautiful birds! A bird alighted on the telephone lines just recently and upon reading this thread again discovered it was a waxeye. Delightful! Ruby had an encounter with a bird yesterday (no, not the dead penguin). Mum's put a feeder box on her deck railing, and there are…

Nora Leggs

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:20:56 +1200

White-faced heron

Beautiful pictures – beautiful birds : )

Nora Leggs

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:19:11 +1200

many years ago

Lovely!

Duck reflection
&
People watching ducklings

JacksonP

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:50:49 +1200

Fluffy not duck.

David Hood

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:07:39 +1200

This photo won me a National Radio desk calendar last summer, as the morning program were wanting a photo of a waxeye taken that morning. Dunedin Botanic Gardens.

David Hood

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:05:55 +1200

Dunedin Botanic Gardens, many years ago.

ChrisW

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:16:39 +1200

Sounds impressive, thanks Islander – I'll keep my eyes and ears out for pari chest-thumping!

Here's another capture through the kitchen window, not this Spring but last April in that opposite season of mellow fruitfulness. Those silvereyes may be looking sweet and almost cooperative, but there was plenty of scrapping…

Islander

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:08:44 +1200

O, and parry/s has a rather specific meaning in English, whereas pari/
paris doesnt.

Islander

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:36:16 +1200

Sorry!
My sense of humour is…deficient. I am apt to take anything to with birds as A Serious Matter Indeed-
I like dice ducks…and yep, like the males, female paris will do face to face combat- mainly a beak-trusting match rather than the males’ extraordinary chest-whacking bouts (which you can…

Lilith __

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:57:01 +1200

This kowhai was full of waxeyes when I arrived, and they all flew away at once. But as I stood still taking pictures they came back and resumed feeding and larking around. One even allowed me to take his/her picture. I felt rather flattered. :-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:18:09 +1200

Beautiful birds everywhere . Has confirmed my decision not to vote, I cant choose!

ChrisW

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:02:30 +1200

Sorry, Islander – perhaps I needed a winking smiley. Indeed they're the very same paradise (shel-)ducks, linked through an apocryphal story of a visiting American who pointed out his new-found knowledge of these birds after mis-hearing a broad NZ rendering of 'paradise ducks' for a pair of them. It doesn't…

Islander

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:23:20 +1200

Obviously a shelduck and closely related to our paradise shelducks (putakitakiatama/atoa). They are a big noisy highly territorial species and it seems to be a characteristic that the female is more beautifully coloured than the male...both of them sit on the eggs and both of them fly *very* fast. There's…

ChrisW

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:13:35 +1200

Facing the light to show off its fine feathers.

ChrisW

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:57:49 +1200

White-faced heron in its nuptial plumage for spring – further up the dice duck's backdrop tree this morning, had to go outside for this one.

ChrisW

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:04:22 +1200

Not a nomination for BirdOTYear, and lacking sharpness for PhotOTThread, but perhaps worthy for the subcategory of photos taken while seated at one's normal computer seat. Early morning three days ago, and I liked this rear view where its textured colour patches look like a skilled painter's brushwork.

In the…

Nora Leggs

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:59:12 +1200

Apologies, have posted this before, but the bird thread – and a large collection of ducks is a good excuse to do it again.....

Aidan

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:33:12 +1200

One slightly- erm, bothered-looking baby?

She does look a bit troubled. I can't say I can recall if she was exercised by the ducks. I could ask her now, but I don't think her recollection would be any better than mine.

I mean, the ducks not outnumber but also outweigh…

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:36 +1200

Takahe need to be back south-

it’s like huia – they were fading from the north before humans got established.

Some birds totally bel0ng up here-

Jolisa

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:14:12 +1200

Oh give me a home, where the takahe roam... This is Greg, the famously cheeky takahe from Tiritiri Matangi. Alas, no longer with us; may he rest in peace. Photo taken in April this year.

(Not shown: the moment he had a go at a little girl's sandwich, which caused her…

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:54:18 +1200

Yea!

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:53:22 +1200

O – we could’ve hoped – but then, he would’ve been a MUCH nicer being eh?

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:09:52 +1200

When ducks attack Palmy Style
Not a picture of the young Trevor Mallard,
raised in the wild by ducks, then?

Nora Leggs

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:52:16 +1200

American bald eagle?

He is indeed the American Rumpled Bald Eagle!

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:42:38 +1200

One slightly- erm, bothered-looking baby?
I mean, the ducks not outnumber but also outweigh eh?

Aidan

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:42:01 +1200

An ex-Albatross (Mollymawk) we found washed up at Otaki Beach

Aidan

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:27:00 +1200

When ducks attack Palmy Style (I'm suffering SLR deprivation syndrome)

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:12:43 +1200

American bald eagle?
Looks quiescently at rest anyway!

Nora Leggs

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:43:56 +1200

Visiting bird – at least it doesn't move very fast. Easier to photograph.

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:55:28 +1200

Nau mai Sirocco!
Had the pleasure of meeting you on Rakiura (well, Ulva-)
Long may you skraaak!
(Maud, eh? You might know some neighbours of mine....)

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:44:51 +1200

I’ve been researching huia for an extended poem for Huia, the publishers- did you know a German biologist is positive he saw one in the 1990s? (I’d give the ref. but my notes et al are in Oamaru just now, and I’m here in very wet Big O-)

O, and…

Jackson James Wood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:21:48 +1200

Some great photos! But everyone knows that it's Tieke Twelve: Year of the Saddlback.

David Hood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:36:56 +1200

Kakariki

David Hood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:35:30 +1200

Kaka, close up.

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:35:19 +1200

...The point being, it was included in the guide in 1948 in case anyone happened across one when they were out and about. :(

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:34:38 +1200

I have a few old books about birds. A couple of Forest & Bird Society guides from 1948, and the ubiquitous Mobil Common Birds in NZ series I grew up with as a wee twitcher. I was flicking through the former series the other night when I found this entry. "Probably…

David Hood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:34:23 +1200

Two Tuis. Dunedin Botanic Gardens.

David Hood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:26:57 +1200

Korimako. Orokanui Ecosanctuary.

David Hood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:21:03 +1200

another "penguin". Dunedin Exchange.

siroccokakapo

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:02:30 +1200

Skkrraaaarrk! Some AMAZING photos everyone, thanks for sharing them and remember to vote kakapo for Bird of the Year 2012!

jeremy gray

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:55:49 +1200

All clean. After Rena, they deserve a break

jeremy gray

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:55:24 +1200

Little blues....

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:30:36 +1200

One more, have probably done it b4.
ooops a bit large but what the hey.