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New Zealand Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus ssp. lucidus)Observer
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First Shining Cuckoo call of Spring 2016 heard.
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Carové's Giant Dragonfly (Uropetala carovei)Observer
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Dragonfly found dead in house. 9cm long.
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New Zealand Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus ssp. lucidus)Observer
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Shining Cuckoo fledgling in cultivated Puriri was being fed by warbler.
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Lemon Tree Borer (Oemona hirta)Observer
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Beetle on Metrosideros kermadecensis. Species unidentified.
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Mumu Chafer (Stethaspis longicornis)Observer
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Chafer on Metrosideros sp. ? kermadecensis
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New Zealand Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus ssp. lucidus)Observer
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For the past few days, three or four (juvenile, I think) cuckoos have been calling seemingly to one another in a Silver Birch tree, just prior to sunset. This evening, as I approached with my camera two flew away, but I took a blurry photo of one of the remaining birds.
I was wondering, is it common at this time of year for small groups of juvenile cuckoos to come together, to feed and gain strength, prior to migration?
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New Zealand Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus ssp. lucidus)Observer
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Cuckoo fledgling photographed in oak tree. It was being tended by (at least) two adult Riroriro warblers.
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)Observer
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4 adults, 2m & 2f, foraging under the macadamia tree and then in the paddock of a semi-rural garden. They flew into totara trees when a magpie swooped over them. Quail have been spotted more frequently this Spring when compared with previous years.
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North Island Kākā (Nestor meridionalis ssp. septentrionalis)Observer
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A Kaka, a rare visitor to this semi-rural garden, was spotted at dusk eating kowhai flowers.
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New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
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Two kereru eating kowhai buds then dozing.
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New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
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Three kereru perched together in kowhai. One displayed and was then followed by another before returning to the same tree.
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New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
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Location is a semi rural lifestyle garden. There are several kowhai and exotic deciduous trees in bud. Period of drizzle during a rainy morning. Solitary kereru perched after eating perhaps. Several riroiro warblers were in the vicinity. A shining cuckoo was heard in the garden a week ago.
