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Kea (Nestor notabilis)

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southerly

Date

January 6, 2024 08:05 AM NZDT

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Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

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sam_schreiber

Date

August 24, 2023 12:30 PM EDT

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sallyq

Date

December 7, 2021 03:57 PM NZDT

Description

Looked very similar to Forget me not but the way the flower opens is quite different I think. There was also one mauve flowered one nearby. Growing on a stony riverbed in a low alpine area.

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Awakopaka Skink (Oligosoma awakopaka)

Date

January 2019

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stevereekie1

Date

November 2, 2008 11:02 AM NZDT

Description

This orchid has only been found twice, by myself and one other person. Eric Scanlen dubbed it Corybas "tri Arthurs" in the NZNOG journal, but I don't know whether it has yet been formally classified.

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greenschist

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Monro's Groundsel (Brachyglottis monroi)

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pelser

Date

November 14, 2020 08:21 AM +13

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Blue Pigroot (Sisyrinchium micranthum)

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pelser

Date

November 14, 2020 08:00 AM +13

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cooperj

Date

April 9, 2020

Description

isolated from necrotic patches on living leaves old man's beard. A pink slimy yeast. When put in the fridge for a week the growing edge became green filamentous and with hyphopodia-like cells. Sequence says this former variety of A. pullulans, originally isolated from subglacial ice in norwegian sea-water and also found in house-dust in the USA. New to NZ

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Forest Gecko (Mokopirirakau granulatus)

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lucypip

Date

April 2020

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New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)

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rob21

Date

November 1, 2017 12:17 PM UTC

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Little Owl (Athene noctua)

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oscarkokako

Date

May 1, 2018 06:42 PM NZST

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Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

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dianem57

Date

May 21, 2018 03:27 PM NZST

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Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

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jacobl

Date

August 31, 2018 11:43 PM NZST

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New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)

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joepb

Date

May 27, 2018 10:52 AM NZST

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Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)

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yvettemai

Date

July 27, 2018 09:17 AM NZST

Description

These three pics taken by my Aunty, at Kairaki/Waimakariri river mouth.