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David de Groot 📸

We visited the Pukaha National Wildlife Centre today. They have breeding programs for native birds which get released in to the wild when the birds are strong enough to cope on their own.

The breeding stock are kept in large aviaries, but the grounds are over 1250 acres and well forested so a lot of wild birds also visit.

These four are all captive birds though:

Brown Kiwi, Kererū (huge native pigeon), Kākāriki and the Saddleback (Tieke).

Black and white photo of a Brown Kiwi foraging. It has its head down and tilted on its side poking its long curved beak under some leaf litter for food. It is about the size of a fat chicken and roughly pear shaped.
A quite large grey, green, white and orange pigeon on a nest.
A green parakeet with a red mask and yellow cap, some blue on the wings leading edge.
A black bird with a russet red wing and wattles.
#NewZealandWildlife#bird#Pukaha
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David de Groot 📸

These next three are wild birds found on the grounds.

One of several inquisitive Kākā (bush parrots) that followed us for a while; a Mallard in eclipse plumage and a Whitehead (Pōpokotea).

A large brown and russet parrot with a very large beak, perched on a branch and looking directly at the camera.
Some form of large duck, swimming in the crystal clear river.
A small light brown and white bird. The wings are brown and the head white. There’s a hint of pale yellow on the breast.
#NewZealandWildlife#bird#Pukaha
David de Groot 📸

And finally some Takahē. There are two (non-breeding) birds at the sanctuary, and both came out for a feed and a drink while I was there.

One even opened its wings for a groom, which the guides said they had never seen before.

A squat, rotund rail type bird with a heavy red beak, blue head and body and green & turquoise wings and red legs and feet.
A rare site of a Takahē spreading its wings. As a flightless bird, they don’t flap much.
Wings held out to dry or to groom under them.
#NewZealandWildlife#Takahē#bird
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Wonderdog

@david @JustFi Wow, that really is special! What beautiful photos, of a beautiful bird.

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