Nelson Feathers

On Thursday 2026--3-12 we sent five kākāriki karaka eggs gathered from a nesting pair in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary (see post below from...

Pīwakawaka (fantails) seen in New Zealand are commonly the pied morph. In the South Island we see the black morph pīwakawaka reasonably ofte...

A friendly ngirungiru (tomtit, Petroica macrocephala ) is a common encounter in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary. They're curious and come ...

It seems to have been a month since my last post, and I have far too many bird photos in store. Perhaps a rainy weekend is needed so I can c...

For much of this summer a few of us in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary kākāriki karaka monitoring team have been searching for parakeet nests ...

Forty one kiwi pukupuku (little spotted kiwi) were taken from a large population on Kapiti Island and reintroduced to the Brook Waimārama S...

I never turn down an opportunity to photograph my favourite birds in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary, so here are a few portraits from last vi...