Easy birding

I went out for an afternoon of birding with Iain and Emily who have written a far better report so have a look at that.

I have to say though it was possibly my first ever sucessfull twitch as usually we just end up driving for ages to find some bogans killed the bird with their dogs.

Scheyville NP was very good for the birds for once although the humidity was close to 100% as it had just rained which was quite an experience.


Awful photo of a painted snipe.


There were a lot of old houses that the state goverment was wasting money on when it should be working on pest destruction and reforestation in the park.

Home

After visiting Wanaka we also went home for a couple of days.


There were plenty of Tui in the bush at the back of the house.


Visiting Great Nana.


Feeding the food.

Wanaka

A few weeks ago I met up with the family in Wanaka for Mums 60th.

We did a couple of walks.


Blue pools was quite nice.


A tomtit was being quite friendly as well which was good as it took a while to get a decent shot.

We also went for a walk up to the rob roy glacier.

Sadly no one wanted to climb sharkstooth.




And a compulsory visit to puzzle world for the midgets.