White-fronted terns

Out on the water in Paterson Inlet

On our last full day at Stewart Island the weather finally was playing nicely and we found someone to take us out on the water around the Paterson Inlet.  We didn’t know what to expect as it can be pot luck as to what birds can be found on any given day, and on this

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Stewart Island, Ulva Island, white-capped mollymawk, White-fronted terns
white-fronted tern

December/January Road Trip – Part 5

The white-fronted terns also nest at Muriwai alongside the gannets.  On my previous visits there two years ago, the tern population was much larger however with the gannet colony ever expanding, the terns have moved to other areas along the beach.  A small number remain on the banks that are not totally stripped of vegetation.

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Muriwai, Terns, White-fronted terns

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