MALE COMMON REDPOLL, MT. COOK NATIONAL PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

   We can ID this bird as a male Redpoll by its brownish upperparts,  two pale wing bars, breast suffused with red, dark face and chin and white underparts with streaked flanks.

   The Common Redpoll is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 755.

DUNNOCK, MT. COOK NATIONAL PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

FEMALE PARADISE SHELDUCKS, MT. COOK NATIONAL PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

SOUTHERN ALPS FROM MT. COOK NATIONAL PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

NONBREEDING BLACK-FRONTED TERN IN FLIGHT, LAKE PUKAKI AREA, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 11/6/2017

   We can ID this tern as a nonbreeding Black-fronted Tern by its location near a braided river (this is where it breeds), orange bill with dark tip, black patch around the eye and ear, combination of white and blue-grey plumage and orange legs.

   The Black-fronted Tern is endemic to New Zealand.   It is the only tern that breeds exclusively inland.

   The Black-fronted Tern is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 754. 

JUVENILE BLACK- STILT & A DUCK'S CHICKS, LAKE PUKAKI AREA, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

   These five ducklings seem to have gotten lost from their mother.  We couldn'the see the adult duck anywhere. 

SHARON & GEORGE & SOUTHERN ALPS, LAKE PUKAKI AREA, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND