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Who’s that hiding in the waves? Just a beautiful little Auckland island flightless teal! #birdventurenz #rarebird #birdventure #your_best_birds #nzbirds #earlybird #birds_adored #birds_brilliance #thebrillianceofbirds #birdstagram #splash #birdsofinstagram #nikonnz @nikonnz @nz_birds @forestandbird #feathered_finds #adventure #keepitwild #breathtaking #wilderness #subantarctic #subantarcticadventure @heritageexpeditions #wanderwonder #ocean #best_birds_of_insta #insta_good #wildsouth #duck #travel_nz #aotearoa https://www.instagram.com/p/B5a_HNBJjcb/?igshid=19jde0n7oavd8

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Are you ready for some birdy goodness? The Brilliance of Birds will be in stores on the 17th, and you can already preorder it online! I can’t wait to share it with you all!⠀ ⠀ Kereru, Otari-Wilton’s Bush | 2018⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #raw_birds #birdstagram #bird_lovers_daily #ourNatureNZ #explorenz #eye_spy_birds #wellingtonnz #your_best_birds #birdsadored #birds_brilliance #nikonnz #nzbirds #wildlife_photography #fatboi #aotearoa #nzfinds #travelnz #birdfreaks #feathered_finds #round #thicc @nikonnz #ig_discover_birdslife https://www.instagram.com/p/B2KTztvp6K2/?igshid=1nn797n7u6dvh

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Who’s that sweet face hiding in the leaves? It’s a pīpipi! One of our lesser known endemic birds, these little relatives of the more famous mohua (yellowhead) and popokātea (whitehead) roan the beech forests of the South Island. #birdventurenz #your_best_birds #birds_adored #bird_brilliance #nzbirds #wildlifeofinstagram #cutebird #nuts_about_birds #eye_spy_birds #birdventure #thebrillianceofbirds #wanderwonder #adventure #forest #feathered_finds #feathered_friends #discover_earth #aotearoa #newzealand #travelnz #kiwipics #conservationphotography #conservationphotographer https://www.instagram.com/p/B45oF6gJ_Iy/?igshid=stvvann9mhkp

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I haven't posted one of these beauties in far too long ~⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Light-mantled albatross | Southern Ocean, 2016⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventure #seabirdstory #wildsouth #raw_birds #your_best_birds #birds_brilliance #raw_nature #seabird #subantarctic #ocean #albatross #birdventurenz #birdstagram #best_birds_of_ig #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #aotearoa #newzealand #birds_adored #feathered_finds #bird_lovers_daily #birdsnz #earlybird #eye_spy_birds #discover_nature #best_bird_shots #heritageexpeditions #south #wanderwonder #explore ⁠⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz_YHwgll4O/?igshid=1vkxs38bu8pot

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Tūī reaching maximum roundness! ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #your_best_birds #newzealand #bestbirdshots #bird_brilliance #birdsadored #nuts_about_birds #eye_spy_birds #cutebirds #nature_perfection #ig_discover_birdslife #keepitwild #capturethewild #feathered_finds #nikonnz #nikonnature #sassy_birds #nature_brilliance #wildearth #exploretocreate #livewild #wanderwonder #birdstagram #birds_of_instagram #floof #cutechicks #forest #nzbirds #roundbirb #chub https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnt7FxGH4lp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i1ps7rupqoal

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I'm on a seabird roll! But when I say 'seabird', what do I mean? Seagulls, right? Well, gulls are seabirds, but seabirds are any species that get their food from the ocean. I'm talking tiny wee things like this New Zealand storm petrel, to big bois like Southern Royal Albatross, to flightless penwings. Shags, terns, and yes, gulls, make the cut too. Many of these birds spend most of their lives well away from land, getting all they need from the sea. So us land-lubbing humans don't see them that often, because they only return to land to breed - and often to isolated islands, preferably ones free from introduced predators that can decimate colonies. ⠀ ⠀ In the Hauraki Gulf, we are lucky to have so many seabirds within a stone's throw from Aotearoa's biggest city. Take a ferry to Waiheke or Tiri, and you'll likely see Fluttering shearwaters, one of our common resident seabirds. It's a globally important site for seabirds, with 5 region-endemic species that breed nowhere else on earth - like this New Zealand storm petrel. It's a great place to be a seabird scientist! ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #seabirdscience #petrelhead #aotearoa #nzgeo #yearofthebird #birdstagram #your_best_birds #birds_adored #bird_brilliance #womeninstem #fieldwork #fieldbiology #birding #wildlife_magic #tinydancer #birdsofinstagram #wildearth #feathered_finds #ig_captures #nature_perfection #wanderwonder #wildernessculture #adventure #wildnz #nzbirds #travelnz #haurakigulf #seachange @nzgeo @dphoto_magazine @forestandbird https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFGsaph2JR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oc2jqu897z64

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Do you ever feel like you're being watched? ⠀ ⠀ Foveaux shags, Whero Rock, Foveaux Strait.⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #nzbirds #aotearoa #rakiura #seabirds #newzealand #bestbirdshots #bird_brilliance #birdsadored #nuts_about_birds #eye_spy_birds #cutebirds #nature_perfection #ig_discover_birdslife #keepitwild #capturethewild #feathered_finds #nikonnz #nikonnature #sassy_birds #nature_brilliance #wildearth #exploretocreate #livewild #wanderwonder #birdstagram #birds_of_instagram #shag #cormorant #sexybird https://www.instagram.com/p/BnW1U7BHw3V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=140m5b433h95l

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Sweet tūturiwhatu, Banded dotterel getting his breeding plumage on! It's nearly spring, and it has been interesting to watch all the pre-breeding shenanigans that our native birds are getting up to. ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #earlybird #aotearoa #wildnz #birdsofinstagram #birdstagram #bird_brilliance #bird_lovers_daily #nikonnz #nikond500 #wildlifephotography #birds_captures #feathered_perfection #feathered_finds #inspirenaturenow #birding #pocket_birds #newzealand #nzbirds #birdphotography #nature_perfection #nature_brilliance #wildearth #your_best_birds #ig_discover_birdslife #birdlife #birdlovers #ig_captures #wanderwonder #riverside