Critter News

JANUARY 5, 2010

New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. Tags: australia whales new zealand Japan. It's non-lethal. They will also be assessing the impact of climate change on the whales.

New Zealand 100

New Zealand Whales Whaling Australia 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

One bird I apparently heard at the landing (although it didn’t register to me) was the Fernbird , New Zealand’s only Old World warbler (or more accurately megalurid warbler ). Greg the Naughty Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) Tags: Destinations , new zealand • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

New Zealand 148

New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 148

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks. An Australian White Ibis ( Threskiornis molucca ) that is part of a study of urban birds (tags have been reported!).

New Zealand 171

New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Scaup are so worthless that when you input “I love scaup” into Google you only get four results and three of them are hunting related. The only time I care in the slightest which scaup I am seeing is the first time I see each species in a new year and when doing some type of big day. ” Imagine that!

Ducks 210

Ducks New Zealand France Germany 210