Picasa seems to have some glitch and wants another picture of Paddy being a dork rather than a dead penguin, so trying again in this one.
Also there is a kakariki (red-croned parakeet) hidden in the trees. They are a nationally rare bird that are looked after in the predator free island. This bird lives free in the back garden of CJ's house. It came to see us when he called.
No prizes for identifying NZ's national bird the kiwi. This is a male apparently on account of his short bill. Eric took his picture at night using a flash camera. I deleted the dozens of attempts i made at getting a picture. They were very confiding birds. They came out to feed shortly after dark in the paddocks and grass fields very close to our cottage.
The eggs are also kiwi, in an abandoned nest burrow, that had been dug out of a hillside. We could not believe how big they were!
