Takahe and Pukeko eating grass

Takahe

Tui in Kowhai tree

Tui

Kereru (NZ Pigeon)

Here are some more photos from Tiritiri Matangi, worth about 5000 words.

Fantail

Greg the naughty Takahe

Brown Teal

Cabbage Tree

Hihi and Stitchbird

Mary Pat and I went out to Tiritiri Matangi Island this weekend. It was about an hour long boat trip out to the island. It is a scientific reserve and allows up to 150 visitors a day to tour the re-established ecosystem. It was a farm up until about the 1970s and then was bought out by the NZ goverment. The non-native species were trapped and native flora and birds were gradually introduced. It is really an amazing place and is amazingly beautiful. Here are a few photos: