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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

10,000 Birds

Spotted skink ( Oligosoma lineoocellatum ), one of the island’s many reptiles The west coast of Matiu / Somes with New Zealand flax ( Phornium ) and a cabbage tree ( Cordyline australis ). Red-crowned Parakeet foraging near a New Zealand Fur Seal. I’ll work on that.

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