Unfortunately New Zealand's native birds are in serious decline, as birds are pretty well everywhere else on the globe. Just under half of New Zealand’s indigenous bird species are in serious trouble. Globally, more than 1300 species of birds – one in eight, reports the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – are threatened with extinction.
Excellent article in The Listener www.noted.co.nz/currently/environment/battle-to-save-our-native-birds-nz/
2019 Trip - Hawkes Bay region
Fantail
Stilts
Cormorant
Starling
Yellow Hammer
Paradise Duck
Pukecko
Fantail
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Royal Spoonbill
Australasian Harrier
Stilt
Welcome Swallow
Mallards
Mallards
Mallards
Mallards
Mallards
Yellow Hammer
Pipit
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
White-faced Heron
Sacred Kingfisher
White-faced Heron
Sacred Kingfisher
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
2018 Trip - North and South Islands
