The field trip that was mentioned on yesterday’s post was made up of three stops. The first being at Bushy Park Homestead. The birdlife around the homestead was amazing with tui and kereru in almost every tree. We certainly didn’t have to go far from the bus to see and photograph the birds. However while […]
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We went to Zealandia yesterday just in time to get some last images of T2 the Takahē before he is moved to a quiet area of the sanctuary for his retirement. At 23 years old and having recently lost his mate Puffin, he deserves to be looked after and be away from all the visitors.
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Three weeks, 3500kms and I am really pleased to be home. We had a great time, went to some amazing places and spent time with lots of family in all sorts of different places. There will be several blog posts about this road trip – there’s no way I could fit it all into one
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Being a ‘frequent flyer’ member at Zealandia, it means we can make last minute decisions to visit at any time. Our original plan was to visit a local park to see if there were any pukeko chicks but unfortunately not only where there not many pukeko but their food source, the oxygen weed was all but
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It was a gorgeous sunny day so we decided to head to Zealandia. It was the first time I have been there without the aid of a crutch or scooter to get around and I was keen to see just how much I could manage. I surprised myself! I walked the Te Mahanga track
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Today is a public holiday so no work! Yay! We woke up to great weather so headed off to Zealandia for the morning. I had seen a photo of an Eastern Rosella nest with chicks and I wanted to find and photograph the nest if I could. It meant looking for the unknown which is always a
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