Bird Watching at KiwiWise

Fancy A Little Shag?
A Little Shag (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) sits up on a old rusting post. You can recognise a little shag because of it's distinctive colouring of bla...
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Bird Watching in New Zealand
New Zealand was a land of birds before humans arrived on our shores between 800 and 1200 AD. The only mammals found in New Zealand prior to the arriva...
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Hungry Seagull
A seabird hovering over wild water trying his luck!
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New Zealand Bellbird
One of the most beautiful sounding birds, the New Zealand native bellbird. This photo was taken at the bottom of the Centre of New Zealand Walk in Nel...
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Pied Cormorants
Pied Cormorants (Phalacrocorax varius) rest in South Bay, Kaikoura. It is also called a Pied Shag or it's Maori name of Karuhiruhi.
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Nelson Tui Mid Song
A tui is photographed mid song in Nelson. The tui has a wonderful range of noises and songs – they can whistle, click, chuckle, gurgle and trill. Th...
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California Quail
This quail was spotted at a beach in the Abel Tasman National Park.
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High Res Wood Pigeon
A beautiful bird, the New Zealand Wood Pigeon or Kereru. This photo was taken at the Hamilton Zoo. Where possible please credit this photo to "Melissa...
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Tui Song
This one is of the tui that comes by our kitchen window morning and night.
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Tui on Flax
The New Zealand tui.
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