birds

but putting a prohibition on hopping was a bit unfair on the rabbits

so good on the birds for breaking rank and revealing the sign’s stupidity

please do not feed the pigeons

it is illegal to abandon chickens or to uplift them from this area

this bird single handedly (wingedly) cleared a whole flock of birds out the way at a beach we visited recently.  it ruffled its feathers up, pushed its head back and stomped at each one in turn, driving them away like an over zealous school care takers.  it was the stuff of comedy gold.

we live a bit out of town from the main part of Auckland – we’re not rural by any means, but we’re close to it.  you can get all the way from my office to our home without leaving any urban streets containing houses for example. 

but within a few short minutes drive you can be out in the sticks (or the ‘wops’ as they refer to it).  and one of the great thing about that is you see a lot of wild chickens wandering about.

this was a particularly large one in an ice cream shop carpark.

it’s been nearly a week and so far we’ve had no bird visitors to our new bird feeder.  i tried to tempt them with bread bits but they’ve not bitten (literally).  any thoughts ?

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it’s a flying king fisher and a heron in down town auckland

two birds just like back in the UK.  both common sights over here apparentlinio.

you know what, i’m going to really miss the red kites when we leave

sometimes there are literally over a dozen swooping by around our house

and if i’m working from home they often swoop lower than our upstairs window meaning we can look down on them

just the other day one sat on the roof across the road.  i just had time to grab my camera before it whizzed off again.  i hadn’t realised their faces were so blue.  i guess that’s why they call them red kites.