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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Last night I scored some more ruru photos! Tonight I leaned on my shutter button and took 900 RAWs of my lens cap. #birds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Tūī enjoying some apple I left out #birds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The first of the three titipounamu nests I'm watching to hatch. This Dad has been busy feeding his babies since Saturday.

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Ceecee’s first nest for the season is underway! It’s her fifth nest overall (she builds two per year) #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

This young female titipounamu is half of a pair that I frequently see in upper Highbury. They often flit across the road into people's gardens. I hope they will eventually become a more common sight down the hill where I live. #birds #nzbirds

A juvenile female titipounamu (also known as a rifleman) inspecting a branch for insects.

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I don't know how well photos show just how tiny these titipounamu are. This girl weighs all of 7 grams and she has barely any tail. I've mistaken them for fat moths before. But she loves her baths even when it's freezing! #birds #nzbirds #birdbath

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The day after I finished reading Dogs of War by @aptshadow.bsky.social, the copy I ordered of Bear Head arrived all the way from the UK and, as an added bonus, it's signed!

A signed copy of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Bear Head

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Caught this ruru on trial cam using the bath (in which it could barely fit) #birds #nzbirds #owls

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A little compilation of our most recent stream-bath visitors #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This kererū’s tiny head was too hard to focus my camera on but I thought he’d still look great with a crown #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Female hihi, lGB-B, is using the bath a lot right now. I call her “li’l Gabby” to remember her bands. #birds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I’ve been doing some touristy things in Rotorua

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Another whio duckling photo from last Christmas #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Big moon last night. My phone couldn’t do it justice

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

One of the local titipounamu visiting his favourite bathing spot. The stream is flowing again so I no longer have to service the bath every day 😅 #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I recently saw this kererū hanging upside down nibbling the berries from a tī kōuka/cabbage tree. #birds #nzbirds

A head shot of a kererū (New Zealand pigeon) hanging upside down with white berries in the background

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It seems Mr Bigwattles here doesn’t share bath times #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Yellow-fronted kākāriki taking a bath at Motuara Island #birds #nzbirds

Yellow-fronted parakeet / kākāriki splashing in a shallow pool

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Cobb Valley seemed to be full of mātātā. They have a mouse-like furtiveness but don't seem to mind if you quietly approach. #birds #nzbirds

Mātātā peeking out from among a fern bush. Also known as fernbirds, these furtive little birds are hard to spot.

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Female ngirungiru on some really interesting looking lichen #birds #nzbirds

A female ngirungiru (South Island tomtit) is perched on a branch covered in a variety of lichens

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A male ngirungiru (South Island tomtit) checking us out up the Cobb Valley. #birds #nzbirds

An adult male ngirungiru (South Island tomtit) perched on a branch

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I have 2 SD cards worth of (mostly bird) photos to sort through but in the meantime here's a phone picture from the Heaphy.

A path through coastal nikau palm forest on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next week I take my belated Christmas break to the Heaphy Track and Cobb Valley. I'm hoping it will be birdy.

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

"Please submit yourself for inspection, human" #birds #nzbirds

A native New Zealand tieke eyeing the camera from a branch

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I've lived in this house about 7 years and I still can't get over this being our view when we're 15 mins walk from the CBD

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This is my little toutouwai friend Pod. He has a crippled foot so, to take the pressure off his good leg, sometimes he just... sits. #birds #nzbirds

A toutouwai sitting on a branch, no feet visible, looking like a marshmallow

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Karaka, sweetie, you can’t read

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

She looks how I feel this month

A young female titipounamu sitting on a branch looking sleepy

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A young titipounamu waits impatiently for its mother to bring it food #birds #nzbirds

A juvenile titipounamu sits with its mouth slightly open while its mother looks for insects

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I always see some funny little exchanges between tīeke in the bird bath #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

A leucistic tūī I spotted in Highbury last night #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Whio ducklings are such strong swimmers #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

While filming a titipounamu nest today, I managed to record a somewhat misleading sound effect. Play this with volume up to see what I mean... #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I ended up babysitting two young toutouwai yesterday afternoon #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Whio ducklings look a little silly when they try to flap their wings 😂 #nzbirds #birds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Two whio ducklings settling in for a nap with one of their parents #birds #nzbirds

Two whio ducklings preparing for a nap on a rocky beach. An adult whio preens in the background

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Hiked up the Whirinaki River on Christmas Day, saw several little whio (blue duck) families, and subsequently filled my whole memory card #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Whio (blue duck) earlier this year on the Whirinaki River. I've been there a couple of times this year and hasn't gotten old. #birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Working from Dad’s place over the Xmas period. Hopefully to head to the forest during my handful of days off for more birdwatching!

A storm over a pasture with two cows in it. Taken in rural Waikato.

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I collected 5mins of bird bath footage while reading my book yesterday. #birds #nzbirds www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiUF...

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NZ Bird Bath Camera - December 15th

YouTube video by RarghWoolf

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