intyrely_eco's Favorites

several small rafts of penguins were seen in the outer part of the reserve over the course of the day - these images are of one of these

Omaha Beach visible in the background

the technician came round to tune the solar panel

Six individuals seen total

Bird preening itself on a branch alongside the gannet colony at Muriwai. Is this perhaps a booby? I could not see its feet to determine what colour they were

This tui has been hanging around this area for about a month making all sorts of weird calls. At the very start of this recording you can hear it's imitation of a karearea!

Never seen so many NZ Dotterels in one place!

my #1 best and favourite photo from the 10/11 day trip.

collected by Leigh the ranger only hours before from a wild kakapo nest. unfortunately the candling process shows it is infertile.

eating an Adelie penguin

One at the extreme pale end of the spectrum and the other at the dark end

Flying above terns working 20m off beach

Sitting on the bulbous bulb of the ship

Gregarious flock of sparrows at the South Piha car park. Immediate behaviour was to perch on any car with an occupant, especially on the side mirrors, bonnet or roof.

Parakeet with juvenile yellow-eyed penguin for scale

juvenile King Penguin at sea

snow storm

Gallirallus australis ssp. australis

Well away from private properties, seems to have paired up and stays closely with the weka in the pic. Appears quite used to getting fed/begging.

This obs if for the caspian terns that are surrounded by the white-fronted terns.

This is a tricky one, maybe some sort of Rail?

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39091209

flock feeding in the surf

Bizarre dark juvenile. Associated with nearby colony. Certain of ID.

Right bird. Greenish bill tip diagnostic

Juvenil de Albatros de cabeza gris en nido de barro turboso de Poa flabellata. En isla Gonzalo

white fantail

Prints heading from the dunes to the shoreline.

spouting is blocked

Very bold, let me take the photo from about 10cm away

Taupiri, NZ

A Kaka Kura or Red Variant at Zealandia

Dotterel attacking an oystercatcher.

Little Blue Penguin prey upon by a New Zealand Fur Seal

See more photos on facebook https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.825657967533284.1073741843.812199628879118&type=3

Adult male, eating vines at the seaward base of the dunes.

Hatchling moving toward beach

thought this guy would be easy to ID but am never sure of herps...it was just along the path between the visitor center and the beach

This pair came flying down the beach

distant Northern Harrier trying to catch prey...some interesting shots, but too distant to get the shots I was hoping for...these are cropped a lot.

This penguin has leucism, a condition in which blond feathers replace the usual black.

I photographed this rare penguin at Waterboat Point, Antarctica.

Discovered the melanistic flamingo in a salt pond north of Eilat, Israel slightly west of the Aqaba, Jordan airport.

Leucistic adult, chicks seem to have normal coloration

Yellow-eyed Penguin
Enderby Island,
Auckland Islands,
New Zealand
16 December 2001
The center bird is leucistic or partially albino. These images scanned from slides.

Another oddity for this species - the last cerrata is forked.

Melanic coat variant

Leucistic individual. No, really.

This serval is melanistic, meaning that it produces an excessive amount of melanin. This is why it is black instead of its usual coat color.

Albino

Is this an albino Raccoon?

I thought this was a FEHA at first, but I believe it is a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk. Other thoughts?

Different animals, same herd.