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Estuarine Pillbox Crab (Halicarcinus whitei)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Abundant, also lots of little mud crabs around (also pictured - I think)
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Slender Owlet Moth (Rhapsa scotosialis)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Sorry it flew away before I could get a shot of the wings, decided to upload it anyway just incase someone can ID it.
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Kanuka Looper (Poecilasthena schistaria)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Four pairs mating within a meter or two of each other
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Slender Sac Spider (Eutittha stratiotica)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Looks like a Longlegged Sac Spider?
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Pāteke (Brown Teal) (Anas chlorotis)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Single bird hanging out with mallards
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Little Shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Excuse the four pied shags
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Tarāpunga (Red-billed Gull) (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
33 juveniles (+21 in surrounding area not in this video). 13 birds still sitting on nests. Around 10 pairs nesting on other boats and poles in the estuary. Video here https://youtu.be/Xvmxe9lm6L0
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New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Two egg nest on high tide line, marked by two sticks, just north of wharf.
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Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Might be a short-tailed shearwater
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Terehu (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) (Tursiops truncatus)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
c12 busy dolphins
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Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Large workups associated with thousands of Buller's shearwater and Fairy prion
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Genus MolaObserver
shaun-leeDescription
c1.5-2m tall. Two more similar size, seen nearby 5 min later at -35.43519166666667, 174.95628333333335 if usefull I can ask the tour guide for a screenshot of the video he took which might be better.
