Birds of New Zealand

Eastern Rosella - one of my target birds

         Last November and December Sharon and I ventured across the Pacific for a 14 day cruise to New Zealand & Australia. We were celebrating our 50th anniversary with trips every month and this was the finale. Although we didn't get to explore inland locations we did visit many ports on both the north and south islands so we did find 80 life birds. Here are some of those birds.

 

 

 

California Quail-obviously introduced

Small portion of thousands of Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Tasmanian Nativehen

Black-billed Gull

Black Swan at the Napier airport

Bellbird - endangered

Australian Swamphen

Australian Magpie

Australian Coot

Australian Shoveler

Australasian Gannet

African Collared Dove

Chaffinch

Common Myna

Dunnock - a European Species

European Blackbird

European Goldfinch

Flesh-footed Albatross

Forest Raven

Gray Teal

Gerygone (Gray Warbler)

Gray-faced Petrel - hard to see the whitish gray around the bill.

Greenfinch

 

Gray Duck

Hardhead - I don't know why its named that.

 

Kaka - endangered

Kelp Gull - not a lifer, seen one in Maryland

King Parrot

Laughing Kookabura

Laughing Kookabura at nest cavity found by Sharon

Least Redpoll

Little (Blue) Penguin

Little Black Shag

Maned Ducks

Masked Lapwing - another target species

Masked Lapwing

New Zealand Dabchick

New Zealand Fantail

New Zealand Pigeon

New Zealand Scaup

North Island Robin

North Island Saddleback

Takahe

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Northern Royal Albatross on breeding grounds

Paradise Shelduck - male

Paradise Shelduck - female

Little Pied Cormorant

Royal Spoonbill - awesome looking bird

Sacred Kingfisher

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Red-billed (Silver) Gull - saw one at Fort Mott, NJ but it had escaped from the zoo.

Skylark

Song Thrush

Southern Royal Albatross

Stewart Island Shag

Stictchbird - endangered

Striated Pardalote

Tui - another of my target birds

Variable Oystercatcher

Welcome Swallow-first bird seen in New Zealand

White-capped Albatross

White-capped Albatross - Dorsel view

White-faced Heron

White-fronted Tern

Yellow Wattlebird

Yellow-eyed Penguin

New Zealand Money