Tag: birding
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More visitors!
Near the end of March, Auntie Phoebe, Uncle Dave, and my cousin Katy came to visit us as part of their trip around New Zealand. They stayed on board with us for 5 nights. It was their first time on a sailboat, and I thought — how brave of them! They were so easy to…
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Cruising
Since we haven’t had to be in Paihia for school, we have been exploring around for the past month. Our friend Hilton said a few things about cruising that really rang true for me: Anyways…. First we went north to the Cavalli islands and then further north to Whangaroa. Then we went south to Whangamumu,…
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Brown kiwi (and other wildlife)
The New Zealand national bird is a kiwi, and New Zealanders themselves are also called kiwis. You see road signs here that say “Be a tidy kiwi, keep it in the car”. Our kids learnt about native birds in school, and started drawing kiwis within our first month in NZ. I never thought we would…
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oh, the birds!
New Zealand is a real birder’s paradise. There are so many, so varied and colorful, and loud! And many unique birds because of the isolation of the islands of New Zealand, and the lack of mammalian predators (until the Māori arrived from Polynesia, and after them, the Europeans). I’ve been loving hiking around and trying…
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