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 |