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Actively
supporting NZ’s endangered wetland birds
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| Pohutukawa - the New Zealand Christmas tree |
With the best intentions in the
world, we’ve stumbled in getting a couple of new posts up over the last two
weeks. Blame Christmas for that so here is our seasonal montage to help make up for
it.
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| ibid |
These foto’s were taken this morning down, at our local beach village. There is a small public pond here, which is about to be ‘retired’ by Council
(let’s not go there this time). It should be dry but is currently underwater because of our very
wet Spring and early summer. And planted in pohutakawa.
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| ibid too |
This is our local Xmas tree. The flowers
are a little late this year, but still spectacular, especially in the first burst
of their bloom.
Camoflaged down one end and at 9.10am
(approx) we discovered this white faced heron.
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| White-faced heron |
These are wild birds and it is
rare to see them in town, though one used to be spotted down here if you kept yourself on the lookout in the early
morning.
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| ibid |
This is a wild bird but so well camouflaged that
people passing within three feet never spotted him (we think a male
given the splatter of colouring on the breast).
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| Going |
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| Going |
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| Gone - Spot the heron! |
He was motionless and busy fishing, probably
on waterboatmen, a very small morsel, though it is surprising the marine and
bird life that can frequent these ponds.
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| White-faced heron |
A couple of years ago an orphan scaup
chick found its way in here and was adopted by a mallard with two other chicks
to look out for. That’s another story, but it shows that even these small
very public ponds can play a role in supporting some of our rarer water birds.
Christmas greeting to all our visitors and the best of all New Year's.
Track we were listening to while posting this - Well, we are going for an outright shaming here in putting up WHAM.. remember this...from back in the 1980's...
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special-
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