RED-BILLED GULL OR SILVER GULL IN FLIGHT, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

COMMON MYNA, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

MALE CHAFFINCH, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

WELCOME SWALLOW, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

PUKEKO OR AUSTRALASIAN SWAMPHEN, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

FERAL GEESE, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

   In the first photo the female feral goose is on the left and the male on the right.  In the second photo the male is on the left and the female on the right.

NEW ZEALAND SCAUPS OR BLACK TEALS, GOVERNMENT GARDENS, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

   We can ID this duck as a male New Zealand Scaup  (also called Black Teal) by its large blue-gray bill, yellowish iris, dark colored head and black/dark brown plumage.  The New Zealand Scaup is endemic to New Zealand. 

   The New Zealand Scaup is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 734.