Wednesday 13 December 2006

Birds of NZ

Some of the birds I managed to see on the trip, there were no kiwis to be seen sadly eventhough we did travel through a few areas where they live.

Tui
Tui

Ducks
There is a pair of paradise shelducks in this tree, the female is the orange one with a white head.

Grey Teal
Grey teal

Dunnock
Dunnock.

Magpie geese
Magpie geese

Mount Cook
Black billed gull, with Mount Cook in the background.

Rifleman
Rifleman, New Zealands smallest bird.

Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow.

Weka
Weka

Kea
Kea.

Paradise Shelduck
Female Paradise Shelduck.

Male Paradise Duck?
Male Paradise shelduck

Dirty Aussie
Wallaby, yellowhammer, House sparrow and juvenile Chaffinch.

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