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08/06/2024

Living the high life - Spider in the tree.

08/06/2024

Blue

08/06/2024

Primo camo!

08/06/2024

More kōura tonight than we've ever seen! And check out the striations and bright orange on their front claws. Tino ataahua! 😍

13/05/2024

A pair of kaka flew over this morning around half eight. Nice to see. 😃

13/05/2024

Invasive alligator w**d found here by biocontrol today. 😭

https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/services/plant-and-animal-pests/alligator-w**d/

12/05/2024

All in a day. Wowee.

21/04/2024

The autumn rain has brought out the fruiting bodies of the fungi. Must be time for a meander under the trees and a night walk with the UV light again...

17/04/2024

It's bat appreciation day. 🥰

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Today (in New Zealand) is International !

We have a lot to be grateful for when it comes to our native bats. From insect control to native plant pollination and more!

The image below from one of the very creative kids who came along to our successful Bat Fun Day (post to come soon), highlights it extremely well.
At the end of the day, we've just got to save the bats!

08/04/2024

Kai time for ngā tuna. Some new faces tonight including some stunning blue fins.

08/04/2024

Tūī a tane sharing a massive kōrero this evening in the maple tree. Ataahua!😍

04/04/2024

03/04/2024

Taiea te Taiao Taonga species of the week:

Did you know, that a top Pironiga te aroaro o Kāhu exists a flower of the underworld?

Dactylanthus taylorii, known in Te Reo Māori as te pua o te Rēinga ("flower of the underworld"), is a fully parasitic flowering plant, the only one endemic to Aotearoa, New Zealand. The host tree responds to the presence of te pua o te Rēinga by forming a structure that resembles a fluted rose, hence the common English name of wood rose. When the flowers emerge on the forest floor, they are pollinated by a ground-foraging species of Pekapeka (New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat).

Te pua o te Rēinga is currently regarded as being Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable and is a priority threatened species for the Department of Conservation.

Image: Pekapeka/short-tailed bat feeding on Pua o te Reinga/Dactylanthus. Photo: David Mudge/Nga Manu.

27/03/2024

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18/03/2024

A few photos to record the quickly changing awa space as rākau that block the flow during flood season are removed. Great work by Kevin and Phil.

18/03/2024

When you discover the old burn pile is giving you a parsnip harvest free of mahi. Lucky!

15/03/2024

🌿 When we talk about “leave the leaves” what does that do? 🌱Each community paves the way for the next to thrive, creating a chain reaction of habitat adaptation. 🦠🍃 Leaf litter and humus layer boost sandy soil regeneration. Consider this when planning your landscaping.

11/03/2024

This wee kootare, a very sacred manu, was brought in by our cat, unable to fly but very much strong and well within itself. It has since been rehabilitated and released somewhere cats are unlikely to get it again and where there is already a thriving kootare population.

I was very upset not to be able to bring it back here for release however am grateful to the rehab team for their work in getting it back to full health and owe an apology to them for being so adamant it should come back to the whenua here when it is against their protocol. Sunnyhills Bird Rescue

04/03/2024

27 years - whooo!

20/02/2024

Phil, Alli, Whistle the Fergie and a whole bunch of willow logs from the river. Big job!

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18/02/2024

Thought these were all pine needles but turns out most are aerial roots on this wee pohutukawa.

Something I personally wasn't aware of..."the enthusiastic root systems that give it the ability to cling to sheer cliffs also have the power to crack through pipes and concrete." https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/pohutukawa-well-anchored

06/02/2024

Sound on for this one...which creatures can you identify?

06/02/2024

Which ones can you identify?

05/02/2024

Late summer evenings. 🥰

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More kōura tonight than we've ever seen! And check out the striations and bright orange on their front claws. Tino ataahua! 😍

Sound on for this one...which creatures can you identify?

A rare visit from a rifleman. 😍 Edited to say that looking at the length of its tails and the colours on it, it’s probably actually a Riroriro, greywarbler. Thoughts? Tiny either way!

Water snails. First time noticing these here in the Mangaonua. They are gathering on the metal strapping used on the logs forming the steps to the waters edge where we visit ngaa tuna. Sooo wanted to make a GIF with this wee cutie's dance moves (maybe with a backing track with the lyrics...in the shell...the shallallows...)... 🤔 shall I or shall I not? 😅

Tiniest tuna...about 15cm long! On the inner gully just down from the pond at Phil's corner...where I was doing obs this avo.

Spring-time in our inner gully, just down from the first ponds.

Native diving beetle? https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14376/diving-beetle#:~:text=This%20diving%20beetle%20(Rhantus%20suturalis,was%20collected%20by%20John%20Nunn.

Super-powered ... backswimmers? Water fleas? Too fast to tell even in slow mo.

6-7cm wee kooura out on the hunt for kai in the puna wai maaori this evening around 10pm. It's their little red reflective eyes that give them away as they are very well camouflaged!

Mama introduces her long fin friend 🥰

Took Kev down to meet Mama's friend only to find yet another beautiful long fin tuna had come to mihi with us. 😍

Walking through these bugs is not fun but the excitement that the pekapeka-tou-roa must be active is definitely a plus!

This is our starling bird I am naming Gorilla. It's "banging" on its chest but the sound isn't captured on the video unfortunately. My ears hear it as a scratchy wētā sound.