black-fronted tern

I never tire of seeing these elegant birds, which are now back in breeding plumage.

grey warbler in lattice of winter branches

turnstone in flight - Kaikoura

Counted 25 turnstones at seal Colony car park- some in full breeding plumage. It is unusual for so many to over-winter at Kaikoura ?

Colour banded black oystercatcher at kaikoura

Colour banded black-billed gull

Black shag- short-finned eel predation

Black shag attempting to swallow a short-finned eel

...It failed- eyes bigger than stomach !

Kea in the snow- topical !- not tropical !!!

Reef heron stalking at dusk

Such cool birds- so much more energetic than white-faced herons- real hunters. This bird was photographed last month in the Coromandel

black-fronted tern going for mayfly in mid flight

Will have another go at this shot