Pictures mainly taken by Heather, some birds were a long way away.
Note: new pictures won't always appear at the top of the pages for some reason
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| Fernbird |
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| Grey Warbler |
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| NZ Dabchick |
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| NZ Shoveler (f) |
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| Pacific Golden Plover |
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| Variable Oystercatcher |
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| Blackbird |
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| Caspian Tetn |
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| Grey teal |
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| Kingfisher |
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| Black swan juv |
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| Black swan juv |
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| Wild turkey |
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| Black billed gull |
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| Pukeko with chick |
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| NZ Dabchick |
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| NZ Shoveler |
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| Black-fronted Dottrel |
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| Morepork (sorry not a picture from the wild, but we did see one this close when it landed on the balcony at Paraparaumu) |
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| So that's what they look like! Little Blue penguins at the National aquarium |
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| We did see three Little spotted kiwi on Kapiti but no chance of a photo, so you'll have to settle for one of this North island brown at the National aquarium |
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| Fluttering Shearwaters |
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| Red crowned Parakeet |
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| Saddleback |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Blue duck |
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| Blue ducks |
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| Coot with juvenile |
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| Starling (mutation or something special?) |
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| Tui - finally got a good shot on Kapiti |
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| Tahake - (there are only 10 on Kapiti so they have names, this one is a 15 year old male called Bellamy! |
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| Common Myna |
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| NZ Pipit |
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| Weka |
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| Tui - at last! |
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| Kokutu (White heron) |
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| Kokutu takes flight |
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| Fiordland crested penguin |
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| Stewart Island Robin |
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| Little Blue Penguin |
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| Tuui (getting better) |
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| Bellbird (m) |
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| Kaka |
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| Kaka |
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| Rock Pigeon |
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| Royal Albatross |
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| Royal Spoonbill |
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| Pied Stilt |
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| Spur-winged Plover |
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| Australian Harrier |
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| Black Shag |
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| Fantail |
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| White-fronted Tern with chick |
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| White-faced Herons |
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| Kereru |
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| California Quail |
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| White-faced Heron |
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| Putangitangi (Paradise Shelduck) (m) |
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| Paradise Shelduck (f) |
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| Kotare (New Zealand Kingfisher) |
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| Miromiro (Tomtit) macrocephalia |
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| Pukeko |
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| Pukeko |
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| Canada Goose |
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| Bellbird (m) |
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| Spur-winged Plover |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Chaffinch |
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| Kea |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
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| Banded Dottrel |
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| Variable Oystercatcher (black phase) |
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| Banded Dottrel |
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| White-fronted Tern |
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| Black Swan |
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| Australasian Harrier |
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| Pied Stilt |
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| Mallard |
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| White-faced Heron |
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| Red-billed Gull |
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| Silvereye |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit |
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| Southern Black-backked gull (juv) |
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| Pied and Little Shags |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Welcome Swallow |
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| Goldfinch |
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| NZ Falcon |
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| Starling |
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| Australasian Crested Grebe |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Scaup |
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| Black Stilt (juv) |
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| Black Stilt (wild - & a long way away!) |
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| Fantail |
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| Black Stilt (captive breeding female) |
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| Farmyard (feral) Goose |
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| Southern Black-backed Gull |
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| Australasian Magpie |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Royal Albatross |
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| Yellow-eyed Penguin |
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| Grey Teal |
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| Royal Spoonbill |
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| Royal Spoonbill |
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| Fantail |
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| Fantail (black morph) |
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| Tui (honest!) |
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| Sparrow |
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| Yellow-eyed Penguin |
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