Although, dear reader, you might have thought that there were an abundance of photographs of birds in my last set of posts, that was nothing compared to the actual number I took. So, I have dedicated a whole post to birds from the South Island of New Zealand from my first trip there in December 2012 and my latest trip in June 2014.
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- Morepork Owl at the Kiwi Birdlife Park
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- Cheeky Kea at the Kiwi Birdlife Park
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- The same Kea at the Kiwi Birdlife Park
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- And again
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- And again, but with no head this time
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- Cute little Yellow Crowned Parakeet at the Kiwi Birdlife Park
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- Same little fellow again
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- Some sort of duck levitating at the Kiwi Birdlife Park
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- Not really, it’s just super clear water
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- A Weka, foraging at the Kiwi Birdlife Park
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- An opportunistic duck makes a meal of some fish food at an underwater aquarium in Queenstown
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- A peckish Kea on the way to Milford Sound
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- Another one of the many Keas on the way to Milford Sound
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- Davey and a Kea
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- Kea with attitude
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- Kea in profile
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- Kea on a rock
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- Me and a Kea on a rock
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- Ducks in the early morning just outside of Christchurch
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- Some more ducks
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- A Little Shag just outside of Christchurch
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- Same again
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- House Sparrow at the Christchurch Botanical Gardens
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- Another House Sparrow
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- Probably a Eurasian Blackbird at the Christchurch Botanical Gardens
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- Another Eurasian Blackbird (I think)
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- Paradise Shelduck at the Christchurch Botanical Gardens
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- Paradise Shelduck and its partner
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- Mother duck and ducklings at the Punting Shed
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- Closeup duckling
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- Cold, sleepy ducks
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- Ducks in action
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- Ducks following us
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- Ducks under a bridge
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- Very probably a Little Shag
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- Shag in shadow
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- More hungry ducks
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- Duck with dinner
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- Om
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- Nom
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- Nom
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- Duck close up
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- Still more ducks
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- Last duck, for now
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- Southern Black-Backed Gull in the Botanical Gardens
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- Still there
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- Now having a scratch
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- House Sparrow at breakfast at Akaroa
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- Still waiting for some crumbs
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- Another House Sparrow at the same place
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- Gulls on the pier at Akaroa
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- Little Shag at Akaroa harbour
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- Same
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- Ditto
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- Again
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- Are you still here?
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- Not sure
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- Loch Akaroa Monster?
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- Red-billed gull at Akaroa
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- Little Shag at Akaroa
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- Still him
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- Gulls gathering
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- Another Red-Billed Gull at Akaroa
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- Probably a Shag of some kind
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- Variable Oystercatcher around Akaroa
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- Invariably a Variable Oystercatcher
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- And again
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- Black Swans at Akaroa
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- Getting cosy
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- But three’s a crowd
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- Southern Black-Backed Gull at the Moeraki Boulders
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- Still on the boulder
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- Having a surf
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- Exiting the water like a bond girl
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- Looking at the camera
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- Came all the way to Queenstown to see this Australian Coot
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- Aussie Coot
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- Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
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- Coot, Coot, Coot
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- Ducks at Queenstown
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- Duck
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- Same duck
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- Still this duck
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- One more of this duck
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- And to cap of this gallery of NZ birds, I give you this Australian Coot
Also, I must say that the New Zealand Birds Online website far surpasses anything that I have been able to find previously to identify Australian birds. Good on ya, NZ!
Yvette on Tour 