Leg was tagged
A few red billed gulls in the area. I displaced the location marker on the google map, select satelite view and zoom in to see the point ;-)
(the gulls were actually down at the stream)
Leg was tagged
Leg was tagged
A lot of kawakawa regenerating under canopy, from adults to small plants in leaf litter.
saddleback feeding on the flax flowers.
Feeding along the stream (sorry cropped long distance shot, one day I'll get a lens suitable for zooming in on birds ;-).
Heron fishing in stream, later disturbed by man and dog on far bank.
When I originally saw this bird, I thought it was the black morph of the North Island Fantail. But then the photos on film that I took were under-exposed and didn't print well, and having subsequently seen pied morph juveniles I began to think it was just one of them. But more recently I scanned the negatives, and to my surprise it looks to indeed be a black morph North Island Fantail, although a young one. So the first and only black morph NI fantail I have seen in my life :-)
Filmed sometime before 22-04-2009, not even sure of year though!
Heron fishing in stream, later disturbed by man and dog on far bank.
A few red billed gulls in the area. I displaced the location marker on the google map, select satelite view and zoom in to see the point ;-)
(the gulls were actually down at the stream)
Feeding along the stream (sorry cropped long distance shot, one day I'll get a lens suitable for zooming in on birds ;-).
It looked like Nothofagus fusca but It did not have any serrated leaves.