A golden pheasant that lives in the Ōamaru Public Gardens aviary. He has a wonky leg and always hops around clumsily.
"I was sure there was a step here!"
#aotearoabirds 🪶🇳🇿
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The takahē grabbed a snack on the way past. :). (at pukaha.org.nz this morning #Pukaha #AotearoaBirds #bird #takahe #AoNZ 🪶🇳🇿
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White faced heron with an itch in the neck. Good thing it can balance on one leg...
#BirdOfTheDay
#Preeners@Scratchers
#aotearoabirds
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The #aotearoabirds feed has been going great lately, full of #kākāpō and #pūtangitangi content!
I feel like some other birds need representation though, more #kakaruai please! 😄
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Otago shag
First time we've seen an Otago shag here in the gardens. It let me get right up close for a photoshoot.
#aotearoabirds 🇳🇿🪶
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A fantail torpedo
Another fantail torpedo
An angry fantail lifting it's leg up and singing.
Fantail singing while jumping
This fantail was flying all around us in the Ōamaru Public Gardens for at least 20 minutes. Got some incredible shots of it in motion, and stopping its little angry feet!
#aotearoabirds 🪶🇳🇿
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New Zealand fantail | Pīwakawaka
2026-03-02
Raumati Beach
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
#aotearoabirds
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New Zealand fantail | Pīwakawaka
2026-03-02
Raumati Beach
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
#aotearoabirds
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New Zealand fantail | Pīwakawaka
2026-03-02
Raumati Beach
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
#aotearoabirds
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New Zealand fantail | Pīwakawaka
Butt.
2026-03-02
Raumati Beach
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
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New Zealand fantail | Pīwakawaka
2026-03-02
Raumati Beach
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
#aotearoabirds
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Nestor notabilis | Kea
Plural.
2026-02-22
Staglands
EOS M50 Mark II Canon
EF-M 28mm Macro
#aotearoabirds
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A Tarāpunga vibing in some shallow seawater on a blustery October day
Red-billed Gull | Tarāpunga
2025-10-07
Onehunga Bay
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
#aotearoabirds
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A screenshot of the Rakiura nest
She's active right now! #aotearoabirds
www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...
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A female pūtangitangi teenager has a green pea in it's bill.
Head shot of mother pūtangitangi.
Kyle the shag is in wing spreading posture
We took some peas down to the park this evening to feed our pūtangitangi (and the mallards). It took them a little while to get it, but they decided that peas are delicious!
Bonus picture of Kyle the shag in wing spreading / drying posture.
#aotearoabirds
🟢🟢🟢🦆
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Went back to the tauhou / silvereye nest this morning but took our old GoPro this time. Managed to get a real clear shot of them feeding!
🪶🇳🇿 #aotearoabirds
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a little shag sitting on a branch over the pond, with his wings outstretched drying in the sun. He's got his beak wide open and pointing to the sky.
This kawaupaka is crying out for a caption!
#AotearoaBirds #NZ #AoNZ #LittleShag #bird 🇳🇿🪶
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Meet the infected kiwi.
Small, fast, and one of the first birds to fall to the outbreak.
Tomorrow, you can face them yourself at the SIT Showcase or in the itch.io release.
https://mean-moa-studio.itch.io/
#AotearoaBirds #HorrorGame #AvianOutbreak
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Meet your survivor.
The moa wakes from cryo into a station full of infected birds.
Fast, strong, and very done with this outbreak
Here is your first look at the moa in motion
Releasing Thursday on itch.io.
https://mean-moa-studio.itch.io/
#AvianOutbreak #Moa #GameDev #AotearoaBirds
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An illustration of Ariel and Jade from September 2024.
Meet my OCs, Ariel the Waimanu and her human friend, Jade.
They're the main characters in my upcoming short story, 'The Waimanu's Ghost', which will be published in issue 11 of Suburban Witchcraft, December 2025.
#writingcommunity #ocs #aotearoabirds
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#Aotearoabirds 🇳🇿🦜 We have a kaka who comes to visit our deck and garden bird feeder most days. Last couple of days it’s started to tap on the window and lick it to get our attention. ‘Please, kinI’ve some apple? I knows you’re in there’…
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Kākā (native to Aotearoa), mostly in flight, traced in Inkscape from GIMP-cleaned images from various different sources.
#AotearoaBirds I found some pictures of kākā from various different sources that had near-uniform backgrounds (e.g. sky), and converted them to B&W silhouettes:
openclipart.org/detail/35254...
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a bird feeder hanging in a tree, with 4 sparrows crowding on it and 2 silvereyes looking on
Not sure the two silvereye are happy that the sparrows have discovered their feeder! #AotearoaBirds 🪶🇳🇿 #birds #kikorangi
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a white black-billed gull looking at the camera just as it takes off.
a tarāpuka taking off! Love seeing this rarest of gull. 🪶🇳🇿 #AotearoaBirds #AoNZ #tarāpuka #Whakaoriori #Wairarapa
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Rock pigeon | Kererū aropari
Ever feel like you're being ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ?
2025-06-22
Waikanae River, SH1 bridge
EOS M50 Mark II
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM II
#aotearoabirds
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An old ship wreck boiler in the sea with several large pieces of driftwood with about 20 shags perched in the sun with Waka ama teams in the background and distant hills and mountains create a winter scene.
🇳🇿🐦⬛ #Aotearoabirds
The most shagalicious spot in Ahuriri.
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Little toutouwai perched on a mossy tree.
Popokotea clinging to a pine branch, hanging upside down. Pine branches in the foreground and back ground.
Sleeping shag (cormorant) on a branch just above the water, reflected in the perfectly still water below.
Hihi amongst the foliage, partially illuminated by a shaft of sunlight.
Also some obliging #aotearoabirds as well! Particularly fond of the shot of the wee popokotea amongst the pine branches and the mirrored shag (ooerr!).
#photograph #om-5
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