Tag: New Zealand endemics

Birds

Antipodean Albatrosses

June 8, 2016 by Duncan 1 Comment

I’m taking a three month break from writing to recharge (I can’t promise this will improve what I produce when I get back) so...

Birds

South Island Robins

May 18, 2016 by Duncan 1 Comment

It’s that time of year where I complain about the Austral winter, which arrived suddenly yesterday and has been inflicting gales, thunderstorms and tornadoes...

Conservation

Kakapo are having a great year.

April 27, 2016 by Duncan 3 Comments

It sometimes feels like being a conservationist is like being a punching bag, blow after blow of bad news after bad news hits us...

Birds

Adorable Little Tomtits

April 20, 2016 by Duncan 2 Comments

Tomtits are not a species I have ever talked much about on this blog. This isn’t because I don’t like them, on the contrary,...

Birds

What is a Jackbird?

April 13, 2016 by Duncan No Comments

The English language, or at least the adherents thereof with more time on their hands than sense, has bestowed us a great number of...

Trips

Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

April 6, 2016 by Duncan 2 Comments

As I said last week, I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t...

Birding

Ship-followers and Sunsets

March 30, 2016 by Duncan 1 Comment

One of my ambitions for this year is to do more birding around New Zealand, and in particular try and knock off a few...

Birds

New Zealand Loses Another Endemic

March 23, 2016 by Duncan No Comments

I almost missed it, but New Zealand lost another endemic species recently. Now I’ve written before about how careless this country is with species,...

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