Category: Animals
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Kotuku in Ferrymead Park
Each Autumn a Kotuku (white heron), turns up in Christchurch. It spends much of its time on the water race by Linwood Avenue. However, I’ve twice seen it in Ferrymead Park since our lockdown. ?
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Goldfinches at the Water Trough
Goldfinches lining up for a drink at a trough in Heathcote. I’m seeing Goldfinches in our garden as well at the moment.
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The Grass is always Greener
In this case, it looks like the grass is indeed greener on the other side!
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Quails Galore
We had a visit from a large Californian Quail family today. They seem to like our backyard for some reason, and will casually walk up the driveway. I always hear them before I see them. They had one very young quail with them and I was a little worried our cat might be interested in…
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Duck Amongst the Daffodils
I was photographing daffodils today in Hagley Park when I heard some rustling amongst the daffodils and discovered two ducks were making there way over to me, intent on getting fed (sorry ducks I don’t carry around duck food on me!). As often happens when I photograph birds, they keep coming towards me, so it…
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Welcome Swallows in my Garden
I love these little birds – but they are nearly impossible to photograph as they spend most of their time flying very quickly and darting around. If you can find them resting on a fence or something similar, then you’ve got a short window of opportunity to get a photograph while they are still. We…
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Ducklings at Mona Vale Gardens
Every Spring I think ‘well I’ve got enough photos of ducklings..’ yeah nah you can never have enough cuteness! So here are more ducklings seen today at Mona Vale Gardens. I also did up a wee video of them as they are just too adorable.
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A day out at Orana Wildlife Park
I had not seen the Orangutans at the Park – so it was about time I went there to see them. They are beside the equally amazing Gorillas – and we probably ended up spending a good amount of our time wandering between the two and watching their antics. The Meerkats are always a favourite of…
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Wax Eyes waiting their turn on the fat ball
The local wax eyes/silvereyes (also known as white-eye) are happy – I brought them home a fat ball to help them get through the rest of winter. If you’d like to attract birds to your garden, visit this DOC page to learn more.
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