rongoa's Identifications
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Northern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Hanging out in a different area of the beach instead of up by the lagoon.
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Northern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
In breeding plumage hanging out on the beach.
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Cat's Eye Snail (Lunella smaragda)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Living in a rock pool.
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Kekeno (New Zealand Fur Seal) (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Spotted this kekeno dead out on the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach.
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Kekeno (New Zealand Fur Seal) (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Spotted this kekeno dead out on the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach.
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Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacle (Lepas anatifera)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
This was absolutly amazing with koru like tentacles coming out of the shell yet the shells had long tube like things behind them and all interconnecting. Almost like something you would see on an alien movie!
Interesting too that no birds were anywhere near it.
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Packhorse Rock Lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
This koura attracted my attention by pinching me while I was searching among the seaweeds for interesting things to photograph. He is lucky I was not searching for a kai!
Living in the sub tidal zone of the lagoon.
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New Zealand Blue-banded Periwinkle (Austrolittorina antipodum)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Living in the lagoon area.
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Kawaupaka (New Zealand Little Shag) (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Kawaupaka resting on a pole in the Parengarenga.
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Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
I think this is pohutukawa as there are alot of big ones out here - but maybe it is karo ...
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White-tailed Spiders (Genus Lampona)Observer
tangatawhenuaPlace
PrivateDescription
Last few seconds of life before killed.
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Cart-Rut Shell (Dicathais orbita)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Lots of these amoung the rocks at Scotts Point, Northern end of the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach
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Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Growing on a green lipped mussel at Scotts Point, Northern end of the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach
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Kuku (New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel) (Perna canaliculus)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Lots of these growiing at Scotts Point, Northern end of the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach
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Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
A whole coconut washed up on the Tohe, 90 Mile beach. It has been travelling for some time as it has collected barnacles on the way.
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Little Black Mussel (Xenostrobus neozelanicus)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Scotts point, Northern end of the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach
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Kekeno (New Zealand Fur Seal) (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Spotted this kekeno dead out on the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach.
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Domestic Horse (Equus caballus)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Wild horses in the pine forest down PIne Block Road.
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Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacle (Lepas anatifera)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
This was absolutly amazing with koru like tentacles coming out of the shell yet the shells had long tube like things behind them and all interconnecting. Almost like something you would see on an alien movie!
Interesting too that no birds were anywhere near it.
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New Zealand Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Living in the intertidal zone of the Parengarenga harbour.
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Poaka (Pied Stilt) (Himantopus leucocephalus)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Syncronised feeding in the Parengarenga mudflats.
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Matuku Moana (White Faced Heron) (Egretta novaehollandiae)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Having a kai in the Parengarenga Harbour off the Te Pua Reserve
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Neptune's Necklace (Hormosira banksii)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Growing in the Parengarenga Harbour at Te Pua
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Pūtangitangi (Paradise Shelduck) (Tadorna variegata)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Pair feeding on the Parengarenga Harbour
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Manawa (Mangrove) (Avicennia marina ssp. australasica)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Magroves gowing by the Tangoake Bridge, Te Kao
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Kawaupaka (New Zealand Little Shag) (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Kawaupaka resting on a pole in the Parengarenga.
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Ragged Seahare (Bursatella leachii)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Time in the water would not be complete without spotting one of these!
@rongoa these were hanging out in the lagoon and far smaller than the ones we spotted last time in their usual spot! About 1 - 2cm only and there were heaps of them! Really tricky walking there as the chances are you would stand on one.
Living in the intertidal zone of the lagoon.
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