There was one Ngutupapa | Royal Spoonbill at Kuku Beach this morning. 🐦
Kuku Beach Estuary is a 3.5 Km walk north along the beach, but I drove there by road this morning. A local told me there had been a lot of birds there yesterday, but today there weren't so many. Lots of ducks though. 🐦
Chilly at the beach this dawn. We're now in one of the official Autumns. 🐦
Somehow I started reading Murder at the Willows (Rina Martin Murder Mystery Book 8) by Jane Adams forever ago and then only just came back to it. 📚
The clues soon point to murder. But dear Jean was beloved by the community, who would do such a thing?
I enjoyed the story and the characters are appealing. One more in the series …
Visit to the dental hygienist today, after too long a break. Now all my teeth feel weird …
Now they're all super clean and everything I'm indulging in a jam doughnut as a treat. 😆
Long-tailed bat the weight of a AAA battery believed to be NZ's oldest | RNZ News:
A bat of at least 26 years is officially New Zealand's oldest known long-tailed bat/pekapeka.
Before people arrived in Aotearoa, nearly 1,000 years ago, bats were the only land mammals.
Such a good read! Gone to Darkness (Sydney Rose Parnell Book 4) by Barbara Nickless was perhaps even more intense than the previous three in the series. I hope there will be more books with Sydney. 📚
She's coming into her own as a rookie police detective.
From the Good News files — Aotearoa New Zealand’s first fully electric bus network launches in Palmerston North and Ashhurst.
There's actual rain (and high winds) forecast for today. 🌧️
Through the window. A rather scruffy looking Starling. 🐦
Half a dozen Kōurarini | European goldfinches were outside my bedroom window this morning. 🐦
Not sure I've seen a dozen or more Poaka | Pied Stilt all together at our beach before. 🐦
Bird footprints on the beach. 🐦
Sydney is growing into civilian life, but the past still haunts her. Another good read. Ambush (Sydney Rose Parnell Book 3) by Barbara Nickless 📚 :
From the dark alleys of Mexico City to the mean streets of Denver, Sydney and her K9 partner, Clyde, use their wits and determination to chase down the ruthless killer.
Because it's Leap Day I'm messing around with fonts in some apps — just to shake things up a bit.
Starting the day with a bit of a shaker — GeoNet: Quake - 2024p158594 〰️:
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 20 km
Happy Leap Day folks. Enjoy the gamboling and capering. 😁 💃💃
This 8 minute video is particularly interesting and useful — Your freezer is messing with your food:
Freezing is an awesome way to preserve food - but it isn’t perfect.
Find out what actually happens when food freezes and tips for improving frozen food. Ice daggers
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There is a small group of Warou | Welcome swallows who spend a proportion of their days perched on the deck railing, about 3 metres away, watching Miraz TV. Sometimes they also air their opinions on the failings of the plot or characterisation. 🐦
I took this photo the other day of Kuaka | Godwits in breeding plumage. Do you like the halo? 🐦
