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67 views My day today was more amphibious than terrestrial. 😀 #biketooter #NZ #rain

This coming week, everyone in NZ is invited to take an hour off to hang out with the birds.
Tomorrow (Saturday 27 June) is the start of this year's New Zealand Garden Bird Survey. We've got a week to set aside an hour in our gardens to tally up all the bird species we can see and hear.
You don't ne

66 views This coming week, everyone in NZ is invited to take an hour off to hang out with the birds. Tomorrow (Saturday 27 June) is the start of this year's New Zealand Garden Bird Survey. We've got a week to set aside an hour in our gardens to tally up all the bird species we can see and hear. You don't ne

Today I saw a kārearea (NZ falcon) in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, twice!
I only see kārearea in the city once every few years, yet this morning one whooshed by our house in the Cashmere hills, alarming the local kererū and korimako. Then, in the afternoon, I saw one exploring over Centennial Park (Pionee

62 views Today I saw a kārearea (NZ falcon) in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, twice! I only see kārearea in the city once every few years, yet this morning one whooshed by our house in the Cashmere hills, alarming the local kererū and korimako. Then, in the afternoon, I saw one exploring over Centennial Park (Pionee

Yeah! I just got home from work biking 21 km in squalls of cold rain and a strong southwesterly back wind.
One of the postgrads at work looked at me puzzled when I was leaving, asking if I was really going to bike in that weather. I smiled and replied that I was looking forward to the back wind. He’

45 views Yeah! I just got home from work biking 21 km in squalls of cold rain and a strong southwesterly back wind. One of the postgrads at work looked at me puzzled when I was leaving, asking if I was really going to bike in that weather. I smiled and replied that I was looking forward to the back wind. He’

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🔥 Top post: My day today was more amphibious than terrestrial. 😀 #biketoote · 67 likes + reposts

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🔥 Top post My day today was more amphibious than terrestrial. 😀 #biketooter #NZ #rain ★ 67

This week was the 18th birthday of fortnightly run route through southwestern Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ. This is my 10.1 km route where I've been counting and mapping all the birds and butterflies and assorted other species. I started the … ★ 30

Also, Prince has now been joined by two of Star Wars' Ugnaughts from Bespin City, on an earthquake-condemned building along Cambridge Terrace. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/55375142871/ #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #StreetArt #NZ ★ 12

Here are four of an eclectic mix of street photos I took on Friday from Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, and just uploaded to Flickr. The graffiti in Bradford Park says "You've invaded my garden, choked me with pesticides, while you just keep sm… ★ 21

I photographed this pair of pūtangitangi, NZ's paradise shelducks, in the centre of Ōtautahi-Christchurch city on Friday. Perhaps they were wondering why the architect couldn't spell "BIRD" correctly. 😀 https://www.inaturalist.nz/observat… ★ 33

I just uploaded my NZ garden bird survey for the year. Today's the last day to take part. You just need to spend an hour in your garden and, to quote the survey website, > Look for birds for ONE hour in your survey area. > For each species… ★ 31

You're not the only one confused by the warming weather. Yesterday I found this harakeke (NZ flax) flowering in the middle of Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're supposed to flower in October–November. #iNaturalist has only three obser… ★ 23

Today I saw a kārearea (NZ falcon) in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, twice! I only see kārearea in the city once every few years, yet this morning one whooshed by our house in the Cashmere hills, alarming the local kererū and korimako. Then, in th… ★ 62

This coming week, everyone in NZ is invited to take an hour off to hang out with the birds. Tomorrow (Saturday 27 June) is the start of this year's New Zealand Garden Bird Survey. We've got a week to set aside an hour in our gardens to tal… ★ 66

Yeah! I just got home from work biking 21 km in squalls of cold rain and a strong southwesterly back wind. One of the postgrads at work looked at me puzzled when I was leaving, asking if I was really going to bike in that weather. I smiled… ★ 45

Here are two birds from my day, a kererū in a tree at home and a korimako feeding on whaupaku flowers at work. Also, I found what appears to be the first palm seedling seen in Lincoln, an offspring of a planted Chusan Palm, Trachycarpus fo… ★ 42

This evening Radio NZ rebroadcast a 2016 interview between host Jessie Mulligan and sound archivist Sarah Johnston, about the only recording we have of what the extinct huia bird sounds like. We lost the huia in the early 1900s, before re… ★ 29

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Kia ora! I'm a #nature nut, addict of #iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao, and an #ecologist at #LincolnUniversity in #Aotearoa-#NewZealand. I spend an inordinate amount of my time counting nature to watch what's changing (see https://wildcounts.org/). #TwitterMigration #NZTwits #ecology #EcologicalMonitoring #NaturalHistory #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #wildcounts #RStats #Biodiversity Born when there was 326 ppm carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.