New Zealand Birds

Here are some of the common garden birds that I catch with handphone during my recent visit to New Zealand North Island.

 Black-billed gull, Mallard, Brown teal, at Lake Taupo

Mallard, and Brown teal  at Waiteti stream

Grey duck

on the opposite side river of the bank I saw a black bird, to far for my handphone camera

 I search and found the name. download this from Wikipedia  - Eurasian blackbird, pic by Juan Emilio

Photograph  of the Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans) below credit to Oscar Thomas, young birder from Auckland.

I encountered a Bird of Prey (possibly a Swamp Harrier) eating a road kill while driving a plantation road. The bird flew away when approached, and I didn't have any chance to took a photo.
The bird of prey from the website Young Birders New Zealand,  matching the bird that I saw that day..
I got a permission to use the bird photo here, in my not for profit blog from Mr. George Hobson, Coordinator of the Young Birders New Zealand. TQ.

at Auckland park -Southern black-backed gull,  Immature (below)

Waterbirds - Variable oystercatcher, Pacific gull, Brown teal (duck),  at the Coromandel Peninsular, Tararu  beach coastal road

Pukeo - Australasian swamp-hen

 Fan-tail and Kiwi birds at Wai-O-Tapu souvenir shop

I bough this metal plaque from a Chinese souvenir shop at the Queen Street, Auckland.

Kiwi, Takahe, Kokako, Kea, Morepork, Fantail

New Zealand is an expensive place to visit. With Malaysia ringgit falling in recent months, the exchange rate last week at 1NZD = 3.1 MYR. Their GST is 15%. The petrol prices  vary from place to place.

Fraser's Hill International Bird Race 25-26 February 2017

Fraser's Hill International Bird Race 25-26 February 2017
Pertandingan Mengenal Burung Antarabangsa Bukit Fraser 2017

Male Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) -  above
Male Grey-chinned Minivet (Pericrocotus solaris) at Giant/King Fern (Angiopteris evecta) - below

Salam Pagi Jumaat

Brown Shrike at Jalan Bukit Idaman, Raub

Saya telah memerhatikan burung Brown Shrike ini  hinggap dan mencari makan di kawasan ini sejak beberapa tahum.
Kawasan tepi jalan di bawah Bukit Mahkamah Raub dalah tempat letak kereta "tak berbayar".
Di tepi jalan itu ada satu kawasan belukar, . di stulah burung ini berteduh
Setiap pagi saya akan memberi salam, tapi burung ini diam saja. Haha! ;)
Dia tak bergerak sedikit pun  bila saya mendekati,  dan melambai talipon bimbit  mengambil gambar. Mungkin dah kenal saya agaknya. ;)

 This pic with a hand phone

 Semalam saya bawa camera dan telephoto 400mm, dan menembak burung ini dari atas kereta.

 Camera + telephoto, photographed yesterday.

Captured the picture below in October 2015 -at the same site

Brown Shrike has a habits of returning to the same place in their migration months (October to March).

This was taken at my backyard parameter fence, two weeks ago.

New Year Birds - Pink-necked Green Pigeon - Punai Gading

Burung Punai Gading. Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)

How many male, and how many female?

Forgoten Pictures -Happy Holidays

Zigzag flowers
Common names: Devil's Backbone, Jacob's Ladder, Zig-zag Plant, Redbird Flower/Cactus, Christmas Candle, Slipper Spurge/Plant, Japanese Poinsettia. Malay - Pokok Lipan

 Baby / Juvenile Brown-throated Sunbird

 Female Brown-throated Sunbird and Male (below)

Burung Biasa di Belakang Rumah - Common Backyard Birds

Murai Kampung - Oriental Magpie Robin - Juvenile (above), and adult male perched on a Guava tree branches

Yellow Vented Bulbul - flying away from a car's side mirror and a Papaya tree

Common Iora singing on a Mangoo Tree

Pipit Pinang - Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) - Juvenile (above on a parameter fence). Adult below

Eating a Guinea Grass / Buffalo grass (Panicum maximum) seeds

Spiderhunter search for nectar on a Banana Flower

Asian Glossy Starling dancing on a banana leaf midrib

Tailor Bird stalking on a Mangoo leaf

Terkukur'  Spotted Dove (Stigmatopelia chinensis)

Water Hen

Dragonfly on a Tridax Daisy / Coatbuttons  flower, and the Photographer who captured the above pics