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Recent content by Roy191

  1. Fantail

    Fantail

    16 cm tail 8 cm . This is the Pied Fantail, there is also a Black Fantail.Very lively movements , sidling and posturing with tail fully spread and hard to photograph, just won't stay still for a second.
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    • fantail
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. Pied Shag

    Pied Shag

    Mainly warmer parts of New Zealand,North Island.
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    • cormorants miranda new zealand phalacrocorax varius
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. Little Black shag

    Little Black shag

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    • cormorants
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. Peace

    Peace

    Canada Geese, introduced from USA to New Zealand as game bird, not sure when.
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    • geese
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  5. White Faced Heron

    White Faced Heron

    66cm ( 26") Rare in NZ before 1940 but is now the most common Heron here. ( Australian species ) .
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    • ardeidae
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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    Comment by 'Roy191' in media 'Varied Thrush'

    Beautifully matched colours , depth of field also very good. Lovely bird. I have Olympus camera also ( Oly 750 ) Their image sensors are among the best.
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    Comment by 'Roy191' in media 'Chaffinch, Female'

    It is the same here, there is both male and female here in my garden feeding two fledglings. They are approx 3ft away from the female here. The male did not show today but was feeding the two fledglings yesterday. His colours are stunning at the present but could not get decent photo of him...
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    Comment by 'Roy191' in media 'Greenfinch'

    OK, but it was a very warm bright day and they are in breeding plumage down here in southern hemisphere.
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  9. Greenfinch

    Greenfinch

    Introduced into New Zealand in 19th century from UK, now quite common.
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    • fringillidae
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Chaffinch, Female

    Chaffinch, Female

    Introduced into New Zealand from the UK in the 19th century, now very common in NZ.
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    • chaffinch
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. Greenfinch

    Greenfinch

    Six species introduced to NZ from 1862, among the most commonest passerines in NZ. flocks sometimes contain thousands during winter.
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    • passerines
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Myna

    Myna

    Photo taken Auckland, NZ. Introduced 19th century to South Island, now only found in North Island but in large numbers. From India.
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    • myna
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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    Comment by 'Roy191' in media 'Tennessee Warbler'

    Colour and composition is very nice, i like this photo Kent.
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  14. Silvereye, mid winter

    Silvereye, mid winter

    Native to New Zealand now, arriving here approx 1880s, from Australia.
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    • zosteropidae
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  15. New Zealand Pipit

    New Zealand Pipit

    Often mistaken for the introduced Skylark but has longer tail and no crest on head. Nests in cup shaped nest on the ground, tends to avoid open grassland for rougher country, prefers to walk and run like Skylark but sings from perch not in sky. Insectivorous. Always moving, best i could do out...
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    • anthus novaeseelandiae new zealand pipit sunset beach
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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