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Uudenseelanninhaukka (Falco novaeseelandiae)Havainnoija
samuelamarisKuvaus
With @benackerley. Pair living around the valley.
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Vuorisirri (Calidris tenuirostris)Havainnoija
caiden_bKuvaus
Continuing bird. Great birding this morning with @islandnaturespotter
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Suku WoodworthiaHavainnoija
tonyjewellKuvaus
Not sure what to make of this one, found in a very isolated little area of creviced schist rock in the Waitaki Valley, between 20-30 km inland and only about 1 km south of the Waitaki River. Its size (SVL around 55-60 mm) would suggest an Alps (a number of adults including gravid females seen, confirming they are small), but its deep yellow eyes, toe shape and general colour pattern are quite unlike the Alps' among greywacke further west in the same valley, and I don't know of any alps anywhere having deep yellow eyes. Korero geckos are off to the south in the Kakanui Mts system, but although small for their species there they are still distinctly bigger then these ones and with rather different patterning. If I had to guess I'd probably go with aberrant Southern Alps gecko, maybe with some korero genetic influence? Superficially they're a little like the schist gecko, but surely much too isolated to be a population of them.
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Aucklandinluhtakana (Lewinia muelleri)Havainnoija
theylooklikeusKuvaus
Chick, taken with trail camera.
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william-harlandKuvaus
Even Riflemen sometimes need a contemplative gaze into the mirror!
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Bulbinella rossiiHavainnoija
christopherstephensKuvaus
spectacular duoculture of Anisotome latifolia and Bulbinella rossii. Such a sunny day that the heat shimmer was thwarting my attempts to do a telephoto foreshortening thingie
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Vuonopingviini (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)Havainnoija
amedunaKuvaus
Discovered after New Year, with lots of feathers and foot prints around sitting in same place for a while. Moulting penguin. Checked on 12 Jan and penguin had gone back to sea.
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christopherstephensKuvaus
Managed to see 2/3 snipe so pretty pleased (and Snares Snipe would be a bit of an unreasonable hope).
As you might expect I have an absurd number of photos from this trip. Complicated by taking all the photos in lossless NEF but Nikon's own software crashes when batch editing or exporting, lol
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Pimelea eremiticaHavainnoija
marleyiKuvaus
A few plants seen on coastal headlands, a very rare plant!
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Ipana egregiaHavainnoija
carey-knox-southern-scalesKuvaus
Quite a few of these around! Small group from a light I left at the Divide.
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Suku OligosomaHavainnoija
carey-knox-southern-scalesKuvaus
Pallid skink - an undescribed species. Cryptic skink are found in the same area but at lower elevation. This species has the altitude record for skinks in Otago at 1,900 metres a.s.l.
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Oligosoma aureocolaHavainnoija
carey-knox-southern-scalesKuvaus
Aotearoa's most recently described skink. Mataura skink (Oligosoma aureocola). Species name means 'dweller in gold' refering to the species strong use of Golden Spaniard or spear grass (Aciphylla aurea). Can someone chonk out the Wikipedia /iNat page? Knox, C.D., Patterson, G.B., Chapple, D.G. (2023): Oligosoma aureocola sp. nov. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the northern Southland high country of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Zootaxa. 22 pp.
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Tokkokalat (Lahko Gobiiformes)Havainnoija
jeanthomasbujardKuvaus
(old, 1-2 years)
E. fusca ?
Freshwater.
Pictures showing fw biotope June 22, 2022.
System keeps me from changing Gobiiformes to Eleotris.
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Polynesianrotta (Rattus exulans)Havainnoija
raphetnatureKuvaus
Or Rattus rattus?
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Palsasirri (Calidris melanotos)Havainnoija
jtweedKuvaus
A pair of pectoral sandpipers that have been hanging out at Mission Pool for the past week. Not the greatest photos unfortunately. Heavily streaked breast stopping abruptly at white belly; yellowish colour at base of bill.
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Veronica rapensisHavainnoija
kenneth_r_woodKuvaus
PTBG herbarium (Wood 9345)
We called this Hebe rapensis (F.Br.) Garn.-Jones
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Casearia buelowiiHavainnoija
vepaKuvaus
Identified by Dr Art Whistler during the BioRAP in 2014
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Thelymitra sansciliaHavainnoija
marleyiKuvaus
Slightly pink form. Sparse cilia.
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Yläheimo CicadoideaHavainnoija
argonautaKuvaus
Just the exoskeleton of a cicada. Left behind once the insect emerged and moved on to the next stage.
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Emoia nigraHavainnoija
theylooklikeusKuvaus
Saw a few of these darker skinks, only in the South East of Niue though probably exist everywhere. Seemed on average larger and more skittish than the much more common copper tail and azure skinks.
