Easy couple of days

Trip Start Apr 13, 2008
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Trip End Apr 27, 2008


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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Saturday was a relatively easy day, after the long day and long drive yesterday.  Rick & I visited Orewa, Whangaparaoa, Gulf Harbour, Shakespear Park and Albany.

At Shakespear Park, I finally got a the closest I've ever gotten to one of these darn pukekos, and facing the right direction.  They're usually high-tailing it out of camera range, and I usually just get a photo of a white butt. pukeko
pukeko
 http://www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/Fauna/Pukeko.htm
http://folksong.org.nz/nzchristmas/pukeko.html
I call them 'blue chickens' - not because they are fearful, but because the way they run around like a chicken.  I don't know that I've ever seen one in flight.

Another bird that is hard to get close enough to to photograph is the tui. tui - another famous NZ bird
tui - another famous NZ bird
 You'll notice that it has white plumage on its front - yes, that's part of the bird http://nzbirds.com/birds/tui.html - there's even a .wav file of their song on this site.  I was pleased to get the photos I did get, because they don't sit still either.


On Sunday after church, we went for a drive around the hills to Hunua Falls, and around Papakura and the Bombay Hills. Rick, Marilyn and the boys
Rick, Marilyn and the boys
Bombay Hills
Bombay Hills
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