Went out to Ōruapaeroa | Travis Wetland tonight to see the Kōtuku Ngutupapa | Royal Spoonbills and they were lovely!! Smaller than I imagined them, I was thinking something more swan/goose sized, haha. A pair flew over us and in the fading light the silhouette was so pronounced!
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Big Friday Mood™ brought to you by this hooligan parrot who started 2023 not giving a single, solitary fuck

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Took this photo at #Zealandia - a kākā in flight!
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Took this photo at #Zealandia - a kākā in flight!
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NZ Northern Dotterel finding food on the beach this afternoon.
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Little Stranger
A tauhou (commonly called silvereye or waxeye due to the white ring marking around their eyes) feeding on a kōwhai flower. The Māori name, tauhou, means 'stranger' or 'new arrival'.

I didn't much feel like photographing today, so I was hoping I could get something decent through the window! This is a pretty serious crop of a larger image, but I like the way the tree in the background frames the subject.

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