Roadkill. Still fresh not smelly
Sounded like four or more birds
Other background calls: North Island robin plus tieke/saddleback at the very end
Kereru/NZ pigeon wingbeat
Excuse the background noise of trucks and diggers; Omaroro Reservoir construction underway
A group of skinks. Please help ID. Sorry the photos are such low res. It looked to be a 'nest' of skinks at a high point on the Matamataharakeke track. I have tried to use D R Towns 'A field guide to the lizards of NZ' but without success - when I think I have ID-ed I then find photos of the sp. online but they look very different to my observation.
Thanks so much.
A King penguin, possibly a juvenile, standing on the beach at Doughboy Bay.