Aotearoa, 2024--25

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Rakiura (no stoats)

Ryans Creek Track

Ulva Island (no stoats, possums, rats, cats)

1. Bellbird/Korimako. 2. Variable Oystercatcher/Toreo Pango. 3. Kiwi feeding (at 11am; midnight snack?) in deep shade about 15m from track. 4. Bush. 5. From Boulder beach.
See below for rata on Ulva Island.

Ackers Point; Fern Gully

1. Titi/Muttonbird Islands. 2. Ackers Point. 3. Fern Gully, 4. Ferns

Horseshoe Point, Garden Mound Loop

1. Horseshoe Point track. 2. Horseshoe Point track. 3. Lee Bay. 4. Garden Mound track (rimu, rimu, kamahi).

Ringaringa beach

Ringaringa Beach, Moses Nugget, and Native Island (5:12am; 5:59am; 6:01am; 6:06am; 6:23pm)

Wohlers monument track

Traills Bay in gale (Ulva Island visible).

Rata

1. On the Golden Bay track. 2. On Ulva. 3. On Ulva.

Deep Bay

1. Bay. 2. Bay. 3. Pigeon/Kereru near Deep Bay (sleeping, I think). 4. Kaka.

Observation Rock

Iona Island, Ulva Island, and the south side of Paterson Inlet.

Lake Rere Loop Track

1. Greenstone river. 2. Mt Earnslaw. 3. ???. 4. Farmland. 5. Elfin Bay.

1. From the bush, Lake Rere looks green. 2. Lake Rere. 3. Greenstone track. 4. Green pools in the Greenstone river.

Birds

1. Shelduck. 2. Puteketeke 3. House sparrow in a beech tree. 4. Black-backed gull. 5. Falcon/Karearea

Crichton Loop Track

Local

1,2. Tulips. 3,4,5. Mistletoe in the beech forest.

1. House. 2. Earnslaw steamer. 3.Ben Nevis. 4. Sunrise 04.12.24

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