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Purple Wrasse (Notolabrus fucicola)Observer
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School of fish feeeding, light coloured wrasse in foreground
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Kea (Nestor notabilis)Observer
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As often is the case a friendly Fiordland Kea in at Deep Cove
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Western Weka (Gallirallus australis ssp. australis)Observer
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Family of Fiordland weka, juveniles and adults
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
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Salvin's Mollymawk (Thalassarche salvini)Observer
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3 x shots of a mollymawk in flight in Foveaux Strait - West end of Stewart Island
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Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis charybdis)Observer
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Unusual beetle, found in the garden
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False Katipo (Steatoda capensis)Observer
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All black in colour, large abdomen with 2 indentations on it
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Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)Observer
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A group of mollymawks competing for a feed
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Jewel Star (Pentagonaster pulchellus)Observer
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Dried out rare 6 pointed specimen
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Pustular Triton Snail (Argobuccinum pustulosum)Observer
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solid, detailed shell. One of the largest of this type I have seen
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Often you can see vein like patterns through the outside of these shells. They are quite robust in the sense that they easily seem to stay whole.
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Large specimen of the smaller scallop variety. Reasonably flat, vibrant orange colouring
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small long spiked sea urchin, not commonly seen here in Foveaux Strait
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Large Trophon (Zeatrophon ambiguus)Observer
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juvenile specimen
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This is about as big as I have seen this specimen get
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Triangle Crab (Eurynolambrus australis)Observer
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dredged up whilst targeting Bluff Oysters in Foveaux Strait