I have been indulging in a little bit of reminiscence. I took this image of a New Zealand Dotterel at Shakespeare Regional Park on the whangaparaoa peninsula in October 2018.
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kāhu or Australasian swamp-harrier
You can try to sneak up on these birds as often as you can and still fail miserably and then one day one flies right over your head as this one did that day.
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A male pāpango or the New Zealand Black Teal, having a good stretch. Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae.

A male pāpango or the New Zealand Black Teal, having a good stretch. Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae.
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