Monday, March 9, 2026

Happy Birthday MINTS!

 Happy Birthday 'MINTS' for your 10th birthday celebrations visiting the Tongariro National Park. Here are a few photos of those wonderful get togethers that we have enjoyed.

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More to follow


Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Leaving Soon.

 Our flock of bar-tailed godwit will soon be leaving our local estuaries and heading North to China approximately 10,000kms first to feed and rest before heading on to Alaska another 6 thousand kilometers to breed. 

We have enjoyed their company for our summer months and now particularly the males are well colored up in their beautiful breeding plumage which also acts as camouflage in the Alaskan landscape.