This normally shy fella was in the tree right outside our lounge, managed a couple of pics. Left it relatively undisturbed.
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This normally shy fella was in the tree right outside our lounge, managed a couple of pics. Left it relatively undisturbed.
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SUPER COOL.
Water still beading off its feathers though, so, still wet in the Manawatu :thumbsup:
Tiny little buggers aren't they?
It's impressive when they fly past you as their wing leading edges have such soft feathers that to us they make no sound - just a shadow in the dark
We have one that lives outside our house from time to time. Best lullaby ever.
Had a pair fly into a hut once in the Whirinaki chasing big moths you couldn't hear them flying around absolutely silent. One flew out the other got confused and landed on my bunk and hid in the corner. I picked it up to put outside it was like handling a very soft furred cat. Amazing.
A little before xmas I was in the fire station appliance bay while the truck was taking a drive down the road. I watched a puriri moth fly into the light, just in front of the door, from the rear of the appliance bay and out of no where a morepork swooped in and grabbed it and was gone again. Assume it was one, that or a small owl I guess
Sent from my workbench
some are superstitious about seeing them in the day time
Hope I haven't cursed the lot of you....I've heard of the fantail inside.
What is the Morepork during the day? @northdude
Not sure exactly I've been told a death is coming that's just what a few people have told me
nice pics they are an interesting little bird
Friends noticed that their sensor light kept turning on at night, no idea why. Sat up and watched one night, Moreton would flu by and set the sensor off then land on top and wait for the moths to show up.... Clever buggers