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Pukekos

August 2005
Swallow, 12 Jan 2006.
Swallow, 17 August 2005.
Mallard Duck
Ducklings on the big pond, 5 Nov 2005.
Pukeko adult with 2 chicks, 10 Nov 2005.
4 Bantam roosters, 30 Oct 2005. An "unsolicited donation".
Pukeko chicks, 5 Dec 2006 at left & 2 January 2006 above.
12 January 2006.
Ducks & shag, 30 Dec 2005.
Bantam at rest on footbridge, 12 Jan 2006.
Mother duck & 2 surviving ducklings, 30 Dec 2005.
Two of this season's Pukeko chicks, 12 Jan 2006. The one at right is checking out the studio from the footbbridge.
Fantail in a birch tree, gorse patch 30 April 2006.
Above: 18 Dec 2006 a neighbour's duck visits for a few days

Left: 8 Oct 2006. A rare visit by a Canadian Goose.

Below: More rare visitors: Paradise ducks, 6 April 2007
17 Feb 2007. The last surviving rooster (the other 3 succumbed to disease). He'll be lucky to get through another winter.This tree is his preferred sleeping place - he avoids a more effective shelter I built for him.