The first time I had ever seen this, i videoed the entire event as well from entry to exit. It was as if this species swims all the time. I sent it to a frogmouth expert and she had never seen that before. The bird chose to swim and flew away very easily after its swim. There appeared to be no explanation for the bird swimming as it was not particularly hot or anything unusual.
Solitary plant growing near roadside. I've not seen this species in this location previously.
At least 10 running around on a deck in a residential garden near native bush.
Just below low tide among rocks and sand.
Male. Found on a wood pile.
4 m TL male nicknamed Kermit messing with a baited underwater video. Denham Bay, 16 m depth.
Images courtesy of Dr Adam Smith, Massey University and Global Fin Print.
The chick has hatched and out for a walk today.
Stranded in a rock pool at low tide
Bee with pollen. It had a challenge flying with this load.
King tides and big swells earlier in the week had smashed the spit and there was hardly any driftwood in the nesting area. There was one obvious pair with the male protecting a very exposed scrape that had no eggs in it yet. In addition to the pair there were two other dotterels, one of which was the most chubby I've ever seen!
2 then 4 kereru chasing each other around various trees. they separated, one flew down into blackwoods by bamboo, one flew through and over B's paddocks doing 2 display flights in a row up towards pine trees. one in a poplar by '9 count', 2 went into fruit tree next door...
at least 5 kereru, but maybe more, it's so hard to keep track of who is who when they are flying all over the place, in and out of sight and when they are carrying on like this, others join in so quickly.
one seemed different in colour on neck, different angles, different trees though maybe it was just the lighting and angle
Found injured beside the road
Dancing on rocks beside the falls.
Meliphagidae: Anthornis melanura - NZ Bellbird
a small flock of these and a flock of Silver Eyes working a Kowhai tree
Kereru eating broom flowers
Potential pollinator of Pterostylis graminea.
~32 cm long parasitic worm that emerged from a Mecodema sculptuartum. The beetle was found wandering around during the day and then overnight the worm emerged from it. The beetle was still alive and active despite the damage to it's abdomen (visible in the 2nd and 3rd photos).
under rock in beech forest. My initial thought was a Chrysomelid but not 100% certain.
Ommastrephes brevimanus collected during the TAN1612 Kermadec Ridge Expedition
juvenile being fed invertebrates by grey warbler pair
Collected during the TAN1612 Kermadec Ridge Expedition.
Manta ray cruising at the surface at the Poor Knights.
Photo Credit: Dive! Tutukaka
Broadnose sevengill shark. Fishing hook in mouth.
I was honored to meet this rare and impressive species in wild, the largest insect in New Zealand, also the largest species in genus Deinacrida. A adult male Auckland tree weta just likes a baby when it compared with this giant weta.
A pair sitting out the weather in a paddock
trout eggs? native? seen attached under a chert rock in Hihi Stream, Kauaeranga Valley. after photos they were carefully replaced.
their eyes had a really bright gold colour.
3 or 4mm in size i guess
Hi,
I found this Ground Beetle (not sure of species) with many smaller creatures on its back and underneath it. Are these creatures its young or parasites? It was also walking around in the daytime, which seemed odd.
High tide!
in a weta hotel cavity. This sp is the only tree weta found at the Cape
Female native parasitic wasp. I'm not particularly good at insect ID, so some extra opinions would be helpful. Extremely sizeable. Sat around on a mountain beech tree in a rather sparsely-wooded area with dried peat soil. Location data is rather vague due to not having GPS on that particular trip up the valley.
Seen on the main track in the Nina Valley, Lewis Pass.
Single specimen growing inside the split trunk of a large tree growing along the track in NZ native forest with thick leafy canopy.
Open, sunny, mossy, damp ground, where thousands of plants over about 50 m².
Moth, attempting to hide on a mossy trunk...
Found by children fishing and was pulled out of the pool.
About a dozen birds in peaty coastal stream
Shell very fragile Kennedy Bay Coromandel
High alpine stable broken rock
Corybas trilobus agg. Colouration seems to change based on intensity of light etc as the ones buried in leaf litter where much darker. The labellum is almost completely see through (like stained glass) and leads the eye to the back as it would with a flying insect. Labellum appears completely smooth/lacking hairs etc. More distinctive red colouration but all and all the same as surrounding specimens. Probably the species in which is been tagged C. 'pygmy' ?!