Miraz Jordan

The Pied Stilts must be nesting. Based on last year's experience, if you come within 50 to 100 metres of their nest they dive bomb you — they flight straight at you and swerve at the very last moment. 🐦

Maybe I shouldn't post this because there are goosenappers about …

But there are so many Canada Geese around at the moment, it may be safe. 🐦

There were several Caspian Terns on the beach this morning. This new burst of warm sunny weather is bringing the birds back at last. 🐦

Today's Bird World adventure — the flue of our woodburner wears a 'sock' to keep birds out, so it was very surprising to see this sparrow head sticking out into the lounge in the gap between the flue itself and the plate on the ceiling.

I extracted it enough so it darted off … straight into a window. After 5 minutes resting on the grass it recovered and flew off. Whew! 🐦

Volume up! This little Yellowhammer was singing right outside my open door. 🐦

A wonderful moment today as traffic stopped to allow a Paradise Duck mama to walk her half a dozen or more babies 50 metres along (and all over) the road to a new location. iPhone photos from the car. 🐦

A friend has roped off the Dotterel nest on the beach in an attempt to keep vehicles and pedestrians, horses and dogs away. He has also seen 3 eggs in the nest. 🐦

The nests of northern New Zealand dotterels are simple scrapes in the substrate … The main threats are loss of eggs and chicks to mammalian and avian predators, disturbance from human activities on beaches, loss of nests to big tides … Three eggs are laid … Incubation usually takes 28-30 days; the fledging period is variable, but averages about 6 weeks.

Reposted: Yellowhammer through the window. 🐦

This little Tūturiwhatu | New Zealand dotterel came within 2 metres to check me out. A friend has seen a 'nest' with 3 eggs at the beach. He thinks this dotterel and mate are responsible. 🐦

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I was just browsing through photos in my album and came across these Warou | Welcome swallows on the railing from January 2015. 🐦

The master of all he surveys. 🐦

I was trying out Nitro for photo editing and this Kuaka | Godwit shone out at me from my photo album. 🐦

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The crew. 🐦

This is our resident blackbird who spends much of the day sitting on our deck railing, singing to me (and the world). 🐦

I always love to see a Spoonbill, and the Pied Stilt is a bonus. 🐦

Kingfisher on a flax spear by the lake. 🐦

I get the feeling I'm in trouble … 🐦

A pair of Paradise Ducks announced their arrival in the paddock next door. Meanwhile a blackbird serenades me from the railing of our deck. (Volume up; apologies for the shaky cam.) 🐦

Four, with water droplet. 🐦

Quite often when I sit on the deck to read in the sun a little friend joins me for a chat. 🐦

When these two little Barbary doves saw me coming along the lane they flew over to the gate to check me out more closely. 🐦 😍

The Kuaka | Godwits are back after their epic journey from the top of the northern hemisphere and they're hungry. 🐦

It's spring and this beautiful little Weweia | New Zealand dabchick was watching me from lake Puna o te Ora. 🐦

Sparrows in the rain. 🐦

It was a very unusual visitor to Waikawa Beach. My friend Stephen Betts found this injured bird on the beach and took it to Wellington Zoo for care. 🐦

Photos by Stephen Betts and used with permission.

The zoo updated:

the albatross is bright this morning and currently stable. It is indeed a light mantled sooty albatross.

Toroa pango | Light Mantled Sooty Albatross.