#Orokonui snow day! Here's are our #takahē #whanau. Mom and her year old juveniles dote on one of 2 new chicks hatched only a few weeks ago. The juvs adore their baby siblings and enjoy feeding them grass and worms. The other chick is staying cozy in the tussocks with dad. #birds #NewZealand #nature
#Snow day at #Orokonui Ecosanctuary! When the cold set in, this group of young #kākā gathered together to snack and have a chat at the viewing platform.
#bird #conservation #parrot #wildlife #birding #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZbirds #animals #Dunedin #endangeredspecies
Otago green skinks in #Aotearoa #NZ appear to have close family ties for the first 3-4 years of life! Here are two baby #skinks with their older sibling who's probably 2.5-3 years old.
#lizard #reptiles #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #Orokonui #conservation #wildlife #animals #NewZealand
Waimarie is one of 8 takahē living at #Orokonui Ecosanctuary, an one of only ~600 of her species! Takahē numbers plummeted to near-extinction in the South Island of #NZ in the 1940s. Large-scale invasive mammal trapping and predator-resistant fences are helping to bring them back!
#birding #wildlife
Snack time
#Orokonui #habitatrestoration #conservation
#Aotearoa #NewZealand
#photography #birding
#nzbirds #nature #kaka
Birds are pretty cool too
#Orokonui
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#nzbirds #nature #tui
I just these these little guys are so neat. Check out how their eyes look open, even when they are closed due to some special eyelid scale trickery! #photography #herpetology #Orokonui #Nature #Aotearoa #NewZealand #lizard #ecology
A sort video of those two in action. Your can see the male flicking his tongue - this can be a way to cool down in the heat, but is also a way to smell his mate's pheromones *mlem*. I have been watching these two for 3 summers and they have been amazing parents together. #Orokonui #herpetology #cute
It's spring time in #Orokonui Ecosanctuary, and that means my favorite bonded pair of Otago green skinks are active again! Going on 9 years old, the female (green nose) has had a litter of two skinklets (not the technical term) with her long-term mate. #photography #herpetology #NewZealand #Science
Kaka are and endemic parrot of# Aotearoa New Zealand. I took this photo at Orokonui Eco-sanctuary and decided to paint it to stay sane today.
#kaka #orokonui #Aotearoa #parrot
Trickling water in a quiet forest -- restoring, restful, rejuvenating ...
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#middleearth
#stuthersnz
#orokonui
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Gorgeous foliage in the Orokonui Ecosanctuary
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#newzealand
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Blissed out from forest bathing
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#newzealand
#middleearth
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#orokonui
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Kākā (a New Zealand parrot)
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#middleearth
#stuthersnz
#orokonui
#orokonuiecosanctuary
NZ pigeon
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#middleearth
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#orokonui
#orokonuiecosanctuary
#newzealandpigeon
Takahē in the Orokonui Ecosanctuary
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#middleearth
#stuthersnz
#orokonui
#orokonuiecosanctuary
#takahē
WeeBill played with his camera while we were strolling through the forest and got this trippy pic of me ...
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#middleearth
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#orokonui
#orokonuiecosanctuary
A puffball-looking thing and some tree fungus
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#middleearth
#stuthersnz
#orokonui
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I gave myself a fern halo ...
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#newzealand
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#orokonui
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Sculptures in the Orokonui Ecosanctuary
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#newzealand
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#orokonui
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I think Ian Jamieson would have actually been pleased the birds were using his memorial plaque as a perch #orokonui
Typical outing with entomologists- @nzhymenoptera more interested in the bee & wasp nests by the track #orokonui
