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Big-headed Ants (Genus Pheidole)Observer
cahutchingDescription
Large flying females and smaller flying males, dark red-brown ants.
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Old Man Banksia (Banksia serrata)Observer
cahutchingDescription
In an area with lots of coastal Banksia, this mature tree stood out as being very different - dry, toothy leaves and much larger inflorescences.
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Auckland Tree Weta (Hemideina thoracica)Observer
cahutchingDescription
Female, possibly gravid?
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Manu (Birds) (Class Aves)Observer
cahutchingDescription
I've seen these eggs one at a time in native bush before, but empty after being eaten by possums or rats. I had thought kereru because of the size, but then we found a batch of six on the forest floor: all intact and rotten, and not in any sort of nest of hollow. They're about 5-6 cm long, white but with the faintest touch of blue in bright light. The shells are very hard, with a tough inner membrane.
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Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)Observer
cahutchingDescription
Biggest one I've ever seen!
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Kawaupaka (New Zealand Little Shag) (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
cahutchingDescription
I'm terrible with shag IDs. It was significantly smaller than the heron, but managed to intimidate it anyway.
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
cahutchingDescription
30min survey, 4:20-4:50pm
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
cahutchingDescription
30min survey, 3:50-4:20pm
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
cahutchingDescription
30min survey, 3:20-3:50pm
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
cahutchingDescription
30min survey, 2:50-3:20pm
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
cahutchingDescription
30min survey, 2:20-2:50pm
