The Leucistic Tui: A Unique Bird Experience
On a recent visit to Zealandia we finally saw and photographed the leucistic tui.
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Tui, Wellington, ZealandiaTui
The kowhai trees are flowering
The city where I live has streets lined with kowhai trees. In springtime when the kowhai trees are flowering, there is an abundance of natural food for tui.
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Birds, Kowhai, Tui
Tui Antics
One of my favourite New Zealand birds is the tui. We live in the Wellington Region and are blessed with large numbers of these magnificent birds.
Why Are All The Birds Hiding?
We drove over to Pukaha with plans of having a successful day photographing birds. Alas it was not to be. High above was a NZ Falcon / kārearea flying off with its usual kak kak call when it is off to hunt.
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Bumble Bee, Caterpillars, Kakariki, Pūkaha, Tui
The Tui And The Flax Flowers
Flax plants are flowering everywhere at the moment and with it we have tui with yellow pollen on their faces from drinking the nectar. It is a great opportunity to photograph tui as they feed off the nectar.
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Tui
Back at Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne Ecosanctuary
On my last visit to the sanctuary I was seeking the titipounamu to photograph, and while I did find them, I didn’t achieve any useful images. Today I had the same focus.
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Kaka, Rifleman, Tui, Zealandia
Tui Still Visiting Our Garden
The tui are still visiting our garden, even after the kowhai flowers are finished. The red-hot pokers are still providing nectar for them to drink.
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Tui
The Birds in My Garden
Continuing on from my last post about attracting birds into the garden, I can now tell you that after two weeks of work around the garden, I have almost instant success. We have had a few trees removed after being damaged in the strong winds, and have pruned back some others allowing for more bird friendly plants.
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Tui
Attract Birds to Our Garden
I don’t always have the time or the energy to go out looking for birds to photograph all the time, but I still want my camera fix as often as possible. So, I have a cunning solution. I get the birds to come to me!
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Birdbath, Birds, Silvereyes, Tui, Tutorial