I stood in my front door way while cooking dinner yesterday evening, and snapped a few of this kererū (New Zealand pigeon). Here are a couple of favourites.
Looks like it was designed by an aircraft engineer. Oh, that's right..... 😄 Nature got started on aircraft design a few hundred million years ago.
Some tītitipounamu (rifleman) and ngirungiru (tomtit) photos I took in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary last week.
Tītitipounamu are easy to snap with their wings open given they often flit their wings every second.
The next three are one male 'walking' up the tree looking for snacks (bugs). Looks like he found something tasty.
Then a male ngirungiru fledgling / juvenile testing his wings, and wondering what that big biped with that thing that goes 'click' is up to.
When he looked up and lifted his tail it was time to leap up and flap those wings.
