Erect Crested Penguins
Is New Zealand Good for Birding
Is New Zealand Good for BirdingBirding holidays are a fantastic way to combine your love of travel and wildlife, and New Zealand is one of
Author: Aotearoa
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Wild World New Zealand Photography
If you’re interested in capturing the colorful plumage of New Zealand’s native birds, the Tui is a great species to focus on. These small birds
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Exploring the Avian World of the Beautiful East Cape
Twelve enthusiastic birders and a wonderful family of five embarked on a journey to the Gisborne and East Cape region of New Zealand to participate
Red-eyed Leaf Frog
Its been a while; Costa Rica
The call-up from a friend came. Next thing I was in the plane to San Jose. From hotel verandah and out over the gardens, first
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Trip to Subantarctic Islands
Subantarctic Islands Happily the weather was perfect for our Heritage trip to the Snares Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands and Bounty Islands. Rock
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Fiordland September 2021
Fiordland Adventure September 2021 Our group of 9 enjoyed a 10 day excursion to deep in the Fiordland Sounds where we spent our time aboard
Twitches
Sea Voyage to the Kermadec Islands and Beyond
Here’s an excerpt from Scott Brook’s summary of our trip to the Kermadecs. Its wellwritten and deserves recognition on this site.”On Friday 26th March 2021,
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Two weeks and returned from Great Barrier Island
We started with a brief hunt for the Marsh Sandpiper at Ahuriri in Hawkes Bay. It took a while, but declared its presence after an
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Chasing down a Rare Vagrant Bird.
Whilst watching “the Chase” yesterday, one of the quiz questions was “what is a bird that wanders off it’s migratory path called” 1 Wanderer, 2
Hunt for the Great Spotted Kiwi
We were keen to find this, most difficult of iconic Aotearoa birds. Leaving after dark we wound our way up a remote West Coast track