Friday, September 26, 2014

Some photos for my birder friends

Here are some birds I saw in New Zealand.  Joan, are you going to verify my bird IDs?

These two photos were taken at Wenderholm Regional Park, my very first stop after arriving in New Zealand.

purple swamp hen or Pūkeko
Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus

Red-breasted Dotterel
Charadrius obscurus

This photo was taken south of Rotorua either at the "Green Lake" Rotokakahi or the "Blue Lake" Tikitapu.


white-faced heron
Egretta novaehollandiae

This was taken at the lake in Hobbiton, the movie location built by Peter Jackson.

New Zealand dabchick
Poliocephalus rufopectus

These photos were taken in a park on the north side of Rotorua Lake.


little shags or cormorants
Phalacrocorax brevirostris


black swan
Cygnus atratus


This photo was taken in Long Bay, Coromandel.


New Zealand oyster catchers
Haematopus unicolor


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