Observations by kaylene

is this myrtle rust on my ramarama?

is this myrtle rust on my ramarama?

A tree with brown seeds the tauhou love. About 5 metres high, oval shaped leaves, deciduous

"baby" cuckoo being fed by "parent" grey-warbler

Warbler feeding the cuckoo

Short-tail, metallic green back feathers, striped white and black underparts

Short-tail, metallic green back feathers, striped white and black underparts

Black ducklings, some wirh white feathers on their chest, all had black bills

Black mallard, with a slight tinge of green feathers on it's head (what would it's parents be I wonder). Had black ducklings some had white feathers on their chest.

khaki eggs with brownish, black blotches, which were being incubated by the parents on a nest that was just a scratch on the little paddock

light brown and dark brown feathers on head and back and a wide white ring around its neck, with mallards

Orange and grey/brown with 11-12 arms
They are predators of mussels and use the suction feet underneath their arms to pry the mussel shells open. They can reach a span of 35 centimetres.

A cream slug with brown dots and little stalks off its head and bottom end

Chitons are a simple type of shellfish. They have eight shell-like plates on their back and a broad muscular foot for clinging on to rocks

Dull green with dull green and black back feathers

NZ Scaup (aythya novaeseelandiae)
Was told it is our true diving duck. Brown, chubby. Was just doing its business feeding on the bottom weeds..ignoring me