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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

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So early in the morning we left Picton and headed out along Queen Charlotte Sound, getting the general tour and occasionally stopping to look at whatever we found.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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The program has been successful enough that some of the birds have been released back into protected areas in California, Arizona, and across the border in Baja, but the species is still far from out of the woods. Turkey Vulture Wing Tagging – Charlotte Wasylik, Prairie Birder. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley.

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Week 8: Wrapping up the South Island, and more!

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Our last day on the South Island was in Picton, where we were to catch the Blue-Bridge Ferry out through Queen Charlotte Inlet, and across Cook Straight to Wellington. Not a great image of the Shovelers, but they were a very long ways away!