MOTUIHE FAUNA

Below are photos of wildlife sighted on Motuihe.  A great website to visit to hear the wonderful birdsong of NZ Native birds is www.nzbirds.com.

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BIRDS:

Little Spotted Kiwi Copyright: Motuihe Trust
Little Spotted Kiwi

 
Have you sighted
me yet? (Bellbird)
 Baby Morepork, Orchard Bush. Copyright J Thomson
Baby Morepork
Orchard Bush
2007 
Saddleback, Orchard Bush. Copyright J Thomson
Saddleback
Orchard Bush
2007
 Dotteral, Ohinerau Beach. Copyright J Thomson
Dotterels in
Breeding Plumage    
Ohinerau Beach 2007
 Black Fronted Dotteral, Motuihe Island. Copyright L Badham
Black Fronted Dotteral
Woolshed August 2007
 
Pukekos
Woolshed
 
Shag Colony
Headland 2007
 Paradise Duck, Snapper Bay. Copyright J Thomson
Paradise Duck
Snapper Bay
 Red Billed Gull, Motuihe. Copyright K A Rodgers 2007
Redbilled Gull 2007
 Variable Oyster Catcher Pair. Copy K A Rodgers 2007
Variable
Oystercatcher 2007
 Indian Mynah. Copyright K A Rodgers 2007
Indian Mynah
on Flowering Flax
 Kereru. Copyright: L Badham
Kereru (Wood
Pigeon) 2009
 Dotteral, Ohinerau Beach. Copyright K & E Pearson
Dotteral, Ohinerau
Beach, 2007
 Baby Dotterals, Ohinerau Beach. Copyright K & E Pearson
Baby Dotterals,
Ohinerau Beach 2007
 
Baby Swallows,
Woolshed 2007
 
Swallow,
Woolshed 2007
Blackbacked Gulls Snoozing. Copyright K A Rodgers 2007
Blackbacked Gulls
snoozing

Kereru (
Wood Pigeon)
 
       
REPTILES
 Moko Skink, Ohinerau Beach. Copyright J Thomson
Moko Skink
Ohinerau Bay
2007
 
Shore Skink
Ohinerau Bay 2
2009
 


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