In this final instalment on my trip down south I will fulfil my promise (and then some) of posting bird photos .
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| Northern royal albatross, Taiaroa Heads, Otago |
More albatross, plus hoiho, godwit, giant petrels and more, after the jump...
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| Yellow-eyed penguin, Oamaru |
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| Godwits, Karitane |
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| Stilts, South Island pied & variable oystercatchers, black-billed gulls, Otago Peninsula |
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| NZ fur seals, Taiaroa Head |
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Royal albatross (I think this one was a Southern Royal...
I know we saw one, but can't be sure if this was it without seeing its back) |
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| Northern royal albatross and a Hector's dolphon |
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| Havin' a scratch |
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| White-capped albatross (left) and a northern royal (left) |
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| Giant petrel |
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Taiaroa Head, with Stewart Island shag colony
and viewing point for northern royal albatross nesting sites. |
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| Nesting sites (the two white dots along the ridge line are also nests) |
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| Northern royal coming in for a landing |
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| Parent and chick |
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