Thread: Birds

Originally Posted by BeeMan

I didn't know there were variants, as an avid bird watcher and amateur photographer phone cam and trail cams I will keep my eyes peeled now and keep you posted @Puffin.

we get quite a few of them around here...funny though I said as much to work mate and can never see them when he is around.

Was muttering to myself, wondering why I carry a camera around in the bush, seeing nothing to photograph when this ruru swooped over me down the track. Stepped around a tree and there he was, sitting on a branch above the track. Stayed while I took 20 odd photos. Made my day. This was about midday.

Originally Posted by Swanny

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Was muttering to myself, wondering why I carry a camera around in the bush, seeing nothing to photograph when this ruru swooped over me down the track. Stepped around a tree and there he was, sitting on a branch above the track. Stayed while I took 20 odd photos. Made my day. This was about midday.

this trip i left the camera to save weight and half way in to my camp a largish bird swooped thru the tussock and disappeared into a hollow then landed on an old post,,a dark bird but small in stature so my guess is it was a young male kestrel,,he had a wee bird in his talons and was ripping the feathers off even as he watched me walk past at around 6 paces,must of been a while since his last meal

Originally Posted by Shearer

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thats him,the bird that may have taken my swaros

Originally Posted by Dusty Fog

thats him,the bird that may have taken my swaros

If I’d known earlier I would have questioned it ��

Originally Posted by Shearer

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thats a fat pukeko, what did it taste like?

Originally Posted by Dusty Fog

thats a fat pukeko, what did it taste like?

Takahe?

Originally Posted by Dusty Fog

thats a fat pukeko, what did it taste like?

They are faster than they look

Originally Posted by Dusty Fog

thats a fat pukeko, what did it taste like?

You didn't have anything to do with a Pukeko control project on a certain Hauraki Gulf island a few years ago perchance???

Originally Posted by Rushy

Takahe?

You mean Takaway? You need the special herbs and spices and don't expect much if you want the wings.

A one legged magpie photographed in the Wellington region... Southern Wairarapa



A new species of magpie?... maybe not. A Google search on 'bird standing on one leg' is fairly common in the bird world.

@Husky1600 you might recognize this fine fella.