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On the 12th September, 2023, I heard a single call by a Kookaburra. As I moved towards where the sound had come from I saw a large bird fly from where it had been and into a further tree. When I kept walking towards the tree in hopes of getting a photo, it flew off.
On checking videos of the flight pattern of the Kookaburra I am sure that is what I observed.
This is the first time since the winter that one of these birds has visited our farm. Previously we have heard the calls but not had a visual observation.
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This specimen was resting on the railing of a deck in the warm sunshine.
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דנאית מלכותית (Danaus plexippus)מתצפת.ת
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A caterpillar, in the wild, in mid-winter.
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A Monarch butterfly, resting on a bare Maple tree, sunning itself in the mid-winter sun, here in Kaukapakapa
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גדמית הדורה (Gymnopilus junonius)מתצפת.ת
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Like squashed spheres in shape and growing on a rotting branch on the ground.
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This strange little thing ended up in the after I came back from the garden.
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Mature specimen, leaning heavily away from the prevailing winds on the ridge-top in a heavy-wind zone.
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This 75 mm long Puriri moth was found on our rear deck. It was alive when first found but was later found dead with the ants already beginning to scavenge it.
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Mature Totara tree(s) growing in the open. Taken from a distance and zoomed in on to show close-up of new growth.
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This tree is most probably self-sown, growing on the berm of the roadside.
I have included close-ups of the foliage compared with that of a nearby Totara tree from which it differs significantly in the length of the leaves, their hardness, their density and arrangement on the stem.
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דבורת הדבש (Apis mellifera)מתצפת.ת
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I was struck by the darker stripes and wondered if it came from a wild hive.
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First caterpillars for the season observed.
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New season's flowers are just beginning to appear, providing some welcome nectar for butterflies.
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Established tree growing on the roadside berm. The leaves are similar to the leaves of a nearby Totara but softer.
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Juvenile tree growing on the roadside berm. It has the softer ends of the leaves of the Kanuka rather than the sharper points of the Manuka tree.