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Mediterranean Fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii)Observer
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Drop cam
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Karoro (Black-backed Gull) (Larus dominicanus ssp. dominicanus)Observer
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Colony active but nothing in any of the six nests along the shoreline. Fishing line removed from one nest.
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Kekeno (New Zealand Fur Seal) (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
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Distinctive scar on nose
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Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)Observer
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One of two chicks!
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Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)Observer
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Two of two chicks! Photo by @joknight_nz
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Northern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)Observer
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
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Three birds sitting on nests, maybe one under construction.
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Kawaupaka (New Zealand Little Shag) (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
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Kororā (Little Blue Penguin) (Eudyptula minor)Observer
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Photos by Evette Verryne Webster
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Seagrass (Zostera muelleri)Observer
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Sub-tidal! (only by 1-2m but definitely below MLWS).
Looks like many small patches extending east and north of this point (just south of moored boats) for 50 m or so. Long blades with additional algae matt. Eggs of something in one photo. What are the three pink things in the last photo?
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Smooth-handed Crab (Pilumnopeus serratifrons)Observer
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Dominant prey item in what I think is a regurgitated pellet from a Southern black-backed gull. Found in Gull colony area, gull circling overhead but not nesting yet.
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Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus)Observer
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I never appreciated the little flowers before
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New Zealand Piper (Hyporhamphus ihi)Observer
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Predator observation here https://inaturalist.nz/observations/241411486
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Kororā (Little Blue Penguin) (Eudyptula minor)Observer
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Foraging on piper. Another fish predator also working the school. The kororā 'quacked' several times on the surface despite no other penguins around. Prey observation here https://inaturalist.nz/observations/241411680
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Kāruhiruhi (New Zealand Pied Shag) (Phalacrocorax varius ssp. varius)Observer
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Three nests in this tree, guano on another two, 14 birds roosting.
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Hermit Crabs (Superfamily Paguroidea)Observer
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This ID is for the animal(s) that made the two vertical lines
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Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)Observer
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Just a few roosting with some RBGs
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Kekeno (New Zealand Fur Seal) (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
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Kekeno was asleep and did not seem uncomfortable. But why has it got a billfish tag attached?
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Australian Anchovy (Engraulis australis)Observer
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This ID is for the tara prey item
