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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

They don't fly terribly far as it is but it serves them for hopping between trees!

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

I googled them and they do seem a similar size. The foraging behaviour of the titipounamu also reminds me of the behavior of the tree creepers I saw visiting the PNW.

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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

Also loved the little chapter about New Zealand's use of bioforms in Dogs of War 😆.

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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

Of course I was trying to type “trail cam”. This bird did nothing wrong and should not be on trial.

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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 · 07/07/2025

I still lurk on it sometimes and it seems to load much more slowly for me now too. Sometimes it takes long enough that I think, "Wait what am I doing?" and then close it before I start doom-scrolling.

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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 · 03/06/2025

I am jealous though also kind of glad boiled sweets aren't easy to just find at the supermarket or I wouldn't have any teeth left

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

There's one such asshole (you can guess who) who loves to use science fiction references and I'm pretty sure at least one of those authors would have hated his guts.

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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 · 12/05/2025

We were taught at primary school in NZ in the 1990's. I can still read them but I have to think about it if it's a big number

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

The trees around here have so many scars on them 😅

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

No balcony visits recently but I see a lot of them on my walks at the moment always gnawing on trees alongside the track

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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 · 04/05/2025

Aw I'll miss giving him pats but I'm glad he's found a home. He'll make a lovely companion!

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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

The Levi’s inherited off my Mum were the best fitting jeans I had for a while but my Mum was good at sewing so I suspect she made some modifications 😅

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