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Our daughter and son-in-law were shifting house in Whanganui yesterday so while waiting to get the key for the house they were shifting to I decided to spend a couple of hours at Bushy Park. Managed to get this shot of a juvenile female Tieke in very low light conditons hence the low shutter speed and high ISO. Hand-held. North Island saddlebacks are conspicuous and easily observed in regenerating scrub, forests and coastal forests. They call frequently, particularly in response to disturbance, and are very active, noisy foragers. They are about the size of a European blackbird. Saddlebacks were widespread at European contact, but rapidly declined on the mainland following the introduction of predatory mammals, especially ship rats and stoats. By the early 1900s, North Island saddlebacks were confined to a single population on Hen Island (Taranga) off the northeast coast of the North Island. A series of successful translocations was initiated by the New Zealand Wildlife Service in the 1960s, and there are now 15 island populations and five at predator-fenced mainland sites. North Island saddlebacks have striking black plumage, a rufous chestnut saddle across their back, bright reddish-orange wattles (that get larger with age) and a thin pale yellow band on the leading edge of the saddle. Sexes are alike, although males usually have larger wattles than females of the same age. Juveniles are similar but their plumage lacks the sheen of adults, with dusty brown tips on black body feathers, the gold band is absent, and they have small wattles. <a href="https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/north-island-saddleback" rel="noreferrer nofollow">nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/north-island-saddleback</a> |
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| Author | Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Geoff J Mckay at https://flickr.com/photos/129472387@N07/51882352139. It was reviewed on 19 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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