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  1. Silver gull

    Silver gull

    Skulking, the thief awaits a chance meeting with the unsuspecting oystercatcher...
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • beach moeraki new zealand oystercatcher silver gull
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. Banded Dotterel

    Banded Dotterel

    • peterday
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    • ashleigh river estuary banded dotterel charadrius bicinctus new zealand south island
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. Tui

    Tui

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • new zealand prosthemadera novaeseelandiae tiritiri matangi island tui
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. New Zealand Fur seal

    New Zealand Fur seal

    Another one of many from the NZ trip. No complaints of course, trip of a lifetime.
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • fur seal new zealand seal
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  5. Stirling Falls

    Stirling Falls

    155 meters high. 500 feet tall. Seen from a ferry. Shot with a phone.
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • milford sound new zealand stirling waterfall
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Landscapes
  6. Variable oystercatcher

    Variable oystercatcher

    Black variant, on the windy beaches of Dunedin.
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • beach dunedin new zealand sand variable oystercatcher wind
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  7. New Zealand Scaup (m)

    New Zealand Scaup (m)

    From the Queenstown Gardens peninsula, looking out into Lake Wakatipu. Tried to get as low as possible over the rocky shore.
    • Fowl Mouth
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    • new zealand new zealand scaup queenstown scaup
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  8. Common Chaffinch (m)

    Common Chaffinch (m)

    I know these are common for many of you, but this is the first time this Connecticut boy has had the pleasure of spotting chaffies in the wild. Woo hoo, an oddly exciting lifer. :)
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • chaffinch common chaffinch new zealand
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  9. New Zealand Fur seal

    New Zealand Fur seal

    Off the coast of Kaikōura Peninsula. Looking to take a splash, I reckon.
    • Fowl Mouth
    • Media item
    • fur seal kaikoura new zealand new zealand fur seal seal
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  10. Little Pied Cormorant 01.jpg

    Little Pied Cormorant 01.jpg

    Shag in the sun, spotted on a walk through the Queenstown Gardens Trail.
    • Fowl Mouth
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    • cormorant little pied cormorant little shag new zealand queenstown shag
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  11. Rifleman 'chloris'

    Rifleman 'chloris'

    Very lucky to spot this fellow in the gloomy woods
    • Wiganlad
    • Media item
    • acanthisitta chloris chloris new zealand rifleman
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  12. White-capped Albatross

    White-capped Albatross

    We are currently dealing with a marital break-up in the family. and next week we are off to Trinidad and Tobago for a bird tour, so I will give Birdforum a miss for the time being. We will spend a couple of days in Trinidad with DABS (Brian) before the tour, which will be great! Back with...
    • peterday
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    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand thalassarche steadi white-capped albatross
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  13. Weka

    Weka

    Endemic, fearless and inquisitive - walked around our legs!
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • gallirallus australis scotti new zealand ulva island off stewart island weka
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  14. Westland Petrel

    Westland Petrel

    • peterday
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    • kaikoura peninsula new zealand procellaria westlandica south island westland petrel
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  15. New Zealand King Shag

    New Zealand King Shag

    Nationally endangered endemic, only occurs in the Marlborough Sounds.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • leucocarbo carunculatus new zealand new zealand king shag queen charlotte sound
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  16. New Zealand Wandering Albatross

    New Zealand Wandering Albatross

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • diomedia antipodensis new zealand new zealand wandering albatross off kaikoura south island
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  17. Yellow-crowned Parakeet

    Yellow-crowned Parakeet

    New Zealand endemic. Only the second image in Birdforum.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • cyanoramphus auriceps new zealand north island pureora forest park yellow-crowned parakeet
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  18. Salvin's Albatross

    Salvin's Albatross

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand salvin's albatross thalassarche salvini
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  19. Kea

    Kea

    Up to his usual tricks.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • arthur's pass kea nestor notabilis new zealand
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  20. New Zealand Pigeon

    New Zealand Pigeon

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae new zealand new zealand pigeon tiritiri matangi island
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  21. Red-crowned Parakeet

    Red-crowned Parakeet

    New Zealand endemic. Not sure why he was looking such a mess!
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • cyanoramphus novaezelandiae new zealand red-crowned parakeet tiritiri matangi island
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  22. Eastern Rosella

    Eastern Rosella

    Introduced from Australia in the early 1900s.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • auckland eastern rosella new zealand parnell rose garden platycercus eximius
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  23. White-capped Albatross

    White-capped Albatross

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand thalassarche steadi white-capped albatross
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  24. White-faced Storm Petrel

    White-faced Storm Petrel

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand pelagodroma marina white-faced storm petrel
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  25. Yellow-eyed Penguin

    Yellow-eyed Penguin

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • katiki point near palmerston megadyptes antipodes new zealand south island yellow-eyed penguin
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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