I enjoy visiting Nga Manu Nature Reserve because I know I will always go home with many images that I am happy with. As a nature photographer it is not unusual to go home with nothing to process if the birds and animals are not about. It is nice to have places to go that I can rely on achieving my goals at.
The red-crowned kakariki are always one of my favourite. There used to be four in the walk-in aviary. Sadly, now there are only two. They share the aviary with a kereru and two kaka that love to sit on visitors’ heads or shoulders.
There are several enclosures where the tuatara reside. Each has its own space and they vary in sizes. They can be seen soaking up the warm of the sunshine. If you look closely in the eye of the tuatara above, you might be able to see me.
Our next stop we made was at the whio or blue duck enclosure. It is often quite difficult to capture images of these ducks as they are very good at being in the wrong place at the right time. I did manage the image below through the netting from the outside of the walk-through aviary.
Before we headed home, we went for a short walk in the bush. There were fantails flitting about the path we were walking on.
I hope you have enjoyed this post on Nga Manu Nature Reserve. I have a set of images for my next post of something else I had never seen before. They will fit into my teeny tiny collection well. Keep an eye out for them. Thank you for your feedback, I always enjoy hearing from you all.