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  • Jarno van der Linden,

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    "Once we were Moa"

    Nelson • Since Oct 2007 • 82 posts Report Reply

  • Tim Michie,

    A ruru recently stayed in a tree marked for felling at my flat and reminded me how much I like them so they got my vote. Since then the universe has conspired to prevent the tree removed and that's fine with us both.

    Auckward • Since Nov 2006 • 614 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Gareth,

    Magnificent! Often seen them like this at Moeraki - but that's the first time I've seen a photo-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to David Hood,

    TaiAroa David - he is a tupuna of mine-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Kebabette,

    Love that wee arms-akimbo kid!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    the abominable Sesqui 1990 avian sasquatch or ‘mascot’.

    Sesquatch, surely?

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Tim Michie,

    Oh! That reminds me – has anyone ever seen/heard of a ruru dead from gripping a branch so hard its claws got impaled?

    There’s one in my apple tree which I only noticed the other day (a day after I got home from a fortnight in Oamaru…) I cannot understand how it ended up like that… Actually, I think I will just ring FJG DoC and get them on to it.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    I’ve kind of used up most of my bird photos in earlier posts. But these two brass ones at Pah Homestead caught my eye yesterday.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

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    Fan
    tail

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    O! Yes!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

    Jolly good! At last the birds have their own well deserved thread : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Nora Leggs,

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    Jolly good!

    I couldn't begin to vote as I think they are pretty much all spectacular. They can fly!! :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

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    ..... and then some swim

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    They can fly!! :

    An albatross can spend literally weeks on the wing....
    Swim, dive to depths humans cant; have always, in all sane human societies, been reguarded as prognisticators/diviners/helpmates; can walk further & faster than we can, and show every variant of marriage & parenthood (and a few quite beyond!*) as mammals - including us!

    *Dunno of any human society that buries its potential young in dung hills, considerately within the the chicks' initial digging strength, breath-holding potential and directional capability...

    I can think of quite a few groups of humans I'd love to see try that last caper-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    Ahhh! We have those on the lagoon!
    The official word is they were Acclimitisation society releases - the fact is they were self-introduced...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

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    All good.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Islander,

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    I'm going to invest in 2 nice table books for xmas. One on birds and one on Trees. :)
    Even this lil' guy. Bloody cute Variable Oyster Catcher.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    Love that pose! Can we bury our nose/mouth in plummage along our spine?
    Naah.
    We're apes.
    We can lick genitala and put our toes in our mouths - so can a huge number of mammals - but dorsal manouvres?
    Fergeddit.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Islander,

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    Fergedaboutit. :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    O fly!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Islander,

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    O fly!

    Aye!

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Gareth,

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    Yea, and we shall swoop and glide and drag wingtips on the glossy ocean...

    Bucolic in the backblocks… • Since Jan 2008 • 269 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Gareth,

    Beautiful.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    One more, have probably done it b4.
    ooops a bit large but what the hey.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • jeremy gray,

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    Little blues....

    point chev • Since Apr 2008 • 44 posts Report Reply

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