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The smallest of the small - tiny titipounamu are Aoatearoa’s smallest bird! They’re such little characters. Have you seen them? ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #cutebirb #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth https://www.instagram.com/p/B_3PWbAJSzy/?igshid=1tasj3khb1jp3

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New Zealand Pipits / pīhoihoi are such underrated birds. They’re really quite gorgeous (and they know it!). I spent a long time watching this one strut around the beach at Tāwharanui, picking up morsels from the sand. #birdventurenz #cutebirb #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth https://www.instagram.com/p/CA3q1Y7J-fq/?igshid=1fe3yvvjhdeub

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I submit, for your consideration, BORB. #birdventurenz #stayhome #borb #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #birdsaotearoa #nz_birds #fattest #round #birdsofinstagram #birds_adored #bird_brilliance #thebrillianceofbirds #raw_birds #birdstagram #eye_spy_birds #birds_illife #naturelovers #bird_lovers #bird_lovers_daily #nikonnz #nikond500 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-YtAWwJZL6/?igshid=1n001eloux2m

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I love trying to make photos in tricky lighting situations, and this spangling sun in Kaikōura was a challenge! The white fronted terns were very confiding subjects though, distracted by their courtship displays. #birdventurenz #your_best_birds #birdsaotearoa #nz_birds #nuts_about_birds #eye_spy_birds #raw_birds #ig_discover_birdlife #birdstagram #birdsofinstagram #ocean #seabird #discoverearth #bird_lovers_daily #bird_brilliance #birds_adored #bird_captures #keepitwild #aotearoa #newzealand #nikonnz #nikond500 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-nN_7KJzB1/?igshid=drsgh6urpor8

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Today I was meant to jump on a ship and head north to do some research on the Kermadec islands. But all of my fieldwork for the rest of the season has been cancelled. Instead I’m watching birds outside the window of my bedroom, and processing photos that I haven’t got around to looking at for two years! Stay home, stay safe Aotearoa. We’re doing this for all of us, so that we can fight this virus off without too high a cost. Grey ternlet, Meyer islands 2018 #birdsofisolation #birdventurenz #nz_birds #birdsofnewzealand #aoteatoa #stayhomestaysafe #kermadecislands #seabirdscience #seabird #fieldbiology #fieldbiologist #nuts_about_birds #your_best_birds #birds_adored #birds_captures #bird_brilliance #birdstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ShXHXJ5DZ/?igshid=b62fygxosrhf

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I love watching the aerial displays of tara- white fronted terns. They’re such elegant and graceful birds. #birdventurenz #raw_birds #nature_perfection #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #aotearoa #wildnz #nikonnz #muriwai #nuts_about_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #birds_adored #bird_lovers_daily #birdfreaks #birdextreme #highkeyphotography #seabird #onegoodterndeservesanother #thebrillianceofbirds #birdstagram #ig_discover_birdslife #birdlife_insta https://www.instagram.com/p/B-27AS7pdGx/?igshid=fe64u6drwf4e

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I’m really lichen using out of focus foreground elements in my photos. Such a wonderful colour complement to this Kōtare! I might write a blog on it soon ~ #birdventurenz #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #gold #kingfisher #aotearoa #your_best_birds #raw_birds #bird_lovers_daily #birdsofinstagram #discovernature #nz_mustdo #wanderwonder #nuts_about_birds #newzealand #birdlife_insta https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrE_aVpZwV/?igshid=lkv4mt7ly8i9

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I can't resist that stare ~⁠⠀ We often see albatross around Northern Aotearoa! As well as our small resident population of Northern Buller's albatross on Manawatāwhi (The Three Kings islands), we get many visitors from the subantarctic. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ White-capped albatross | Hauraki Gulf, 2018⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #albatross #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #ocean #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth #haurakigulf #seachange #seabirdscience #fieldbiologist https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOih-2JLq2/?igshid=c91hxae92taj

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A Buller's albatross doing some wing-origami. It looks complicated folding all that flight-gear into place!⁠ When albatross are soaring, they have a special tendon that locks their wings in place so they don't have to 'hold' them open - it saves them energy on those endless flights over the ocean.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #albatross #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #ocean #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nmo1_JZ_Z/?igshid=136hojwvsvz7m

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Balanced on a wingtip! Stunning Salvin's albatross from a pelagic with @albatrossencounterkaikoura a while back.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #albatross #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #ocean #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth #haurakigulf #seachange #seabirdscience #fieldbiologist⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbyUDWJlNy/?igshid=s6tocmt7m3ib

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How’s everyone doing? I’m looking forward to digging into some solid PhD work this week! It’s always nice to get a little boost of motivation, so I’m going to make the most of it. Parekareka - Spotted shag, Riverton 2018⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #shagadelic #shag #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #ocean #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth #highkey https://www.instagram.com/p/CABpKQlpMxd/?igshid=1j9ioli3zu2o2

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Kākā are well known for their screeches, but they have a complex vocabulary of calls! My favourite is a soft whispering whistle that I've often heard when they're foraging with a few others, a sort of quiet chatter of contact calls. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #thebrillianceofbirds #your_best_birds #nz_birds #wildnz #early_bird #nuts_about_birds #birds_adored #bird_lovers_daily #birdstagram #nikonnz #nikond500 #nzbirds #parrotsofinstagram #planetbirds #bb_of_ig #earthcapture #bird_brilliance #eye_spy_birds #birdsonearth #feather_perfection #aotearoa https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DD7S1p3yK/?igshid=mr87wnmzbrm

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It's not a seabird, but it is one of my favourite photos! I have a nice A3 print of this beautiful Chatham red-crowned kākāriki on my wall. Photographs are so much better when they're printed up large!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #cutebirb #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth ⁠⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CATZ1XvJSpJ/?igshid=c2u4sppjdowk

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Titipounamu - tiny forest gems. ⁠ #birdventurenz #cutebirb #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CAll2Evpk2n/?igshid=1iq1x5k5lvdbn

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Young tākapu have such excellent feather patterns. Australasian gannet | Muriwai ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #birdventure #birdsofaotearoa #nz_birds #wanderer #wildernessculture #ocean #conservationphotography #nikonnz #nikond500 #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #raw_birds #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #nzfinds #newzealand #aotearoa #bird_lovers_daily #bird_captures #bird_lovers #birds_adored #discover_earth #blackandwhite #monochrome https://www.instagram.com/p/B_s0g_dJLEx/?igshid=o5vnn6n8og04

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The haunting call of the kōkako is one of my favourites. My hope is that one day the dawn chorus around Aotearoa will be full of their song, once our forests are safe for them and free from pests. #birdventurenz #birdsofinstagram #aotearoa #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #eye_spy_birds #birdstagram #newzealand #predatorfreenz #predatorfree2050 #conservationphotography #greyghost #nzbirds #nz_birds #wildlifeplanet #birds_adored #birds_brilliance #thebrillianceofbirds #feather_perfection #nikonnz https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NYkz-putE/?igshid=9b6z5uib3f6f