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New Zealand Vegetable Bug (Glaucias amyoti)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - About 30mm long. In an urban garden
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North Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. placabilis)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Feeding on pest free island
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Fungus-eating Ladybird (Illeis galbula)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - On a leaf in urban garden
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Large caterpillar, likely going off to pupate
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House Spiders (Genus Badumna)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Body about 9mm long. In an urban garden
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Steelblue Lady Beetle (Halmus chalybeus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - On a plant in urban garden
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Asian Paper Wasp (Polistes chinensis)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - In an urban garden
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Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - On a courgette flower in an urban garden
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Variable Ladybird Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - A Coccinellidae on a milkweed plant in an urban garden
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New Zealand Plover (Anarhynchus obscurus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - New Zealand Dotterel. feeding on mudflats on pest free island
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Hound's Tongue Fern (Microsorum pustulatum)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - A fern growing beneath a canopy mostly comprising of Pittisporum crassifolium.
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Karo (Pittosporum crassifolium)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Growing near top of cliff. Some of the seed capsules still has sticky seeds in them but most are empty.
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Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - A lichen growing on Pittisporum crassifolium
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Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Large bush (about 2.5m high and round) in full flower. Flowers were attracting bees.
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North Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. placabilis)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Very friendly individual swiftly flying around Karo tree. Followed me for about 50 meters down the track.
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Resting on wharf pile, waterfront of Auckland's CBD.
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Rangiora (Brachyglottis repanda)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Rangiora growing in dense bush. Plant about 3m high. Leaves bigger than my hand
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Genus BobillaObserver
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - cricket aprox 15mm long. in urban garden. Had six slightly lighter bands on abdomen.
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Short-finned Eel (Anguilla australis)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - About 30 in a lake. Mostly resting on the bottom or swimming lazily.
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New Zealand Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Singing at top of tree in early morning.
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Southern Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus ssp. dominicanus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Resting on a rock in lake. There were some juveniles near by.
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Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Six birds roosting on a tree on a lake island.
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Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - About 10 roosting in a tree. Nests were present and some appeared to have chicks. Feet and bills black/dark colored. Smaller than the nearby spoonbills.
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Australasian Coot (Fulica atra ssp. australis)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Adult swimming very fast towards a juvenile. Shortly after this photo was taken this bird shooed the juvenile away. The juvenile had been diving for food.
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Domestic Greylag Goose (Anser anser var. domesticus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Large numbers of geese present. Either feeding on the lake, grazing or begging for food.
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Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Adult and two cygnets. Were many other adults in the area but I did not see any other cygnets.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - One of large flock (15+) hanging out near picnicking people
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Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Pair on a small pond. Associating with mallard ducks.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - About 10 individuals resting on a small pond.
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
averil1Description
Sighting and photos (c) averil.
Field Notes - Eating bread that was being feed to the geese by a member of the public.
