Observations by gus320

Feeding. Difficult to get a decent pic, but the first kaka I’ve seen around these parts.

9 birds. Preening, feeding in the Waikanae River estuary at low tide, sunset.

Lone individual, sitting on a rock overlooking the lagoon.

Two adults and one juvenile sitting on a bridge. One adult was making short trips about the lagoon to catch fish before returning to feed the youngster.

Pair feeding, hunting for bugs in the beech tree bark.

Four of them flitting about half way up the beech trees, in the lower branches, calling to each other.

Fitting back and forth across the river, hunting (successfully) for bugs along the riverbank. Immature male perhaps?

Still learning my trees - do I have these right as young Kahikatea? Thanks!

Plenty of fish jumping on a turning tide off Titirangi Beach. I’m not up on my fish species, so please have a crack at the ID(s) if you are!

2 adults, 2 chicks.

Swedish Blue duck? Cross?

Sparrow feeding (quite large) young. Interestingly, the adult has a very short / almost non-existent tail. It's around here often, and stands out in a crowd. Doesn't seem to bother it.

Catching and eating small crabs. Second heron nearby.

Hopped out of the water and sat drying itself for 5 minutes before flying off to the south.

Pair, flying around low above the water for awhile then resting - this one on a tree branch overhanging the water, and the other on a small pier, adjacent.

One sitting alone by the edge of the lagoon. Large (70+?) population in the surrounding area.

Another chick and adult in a nest nearby, in grass at the edge of the lagoon.