DaveSome photos from Zealandia today.
#Zealandia #Conservation #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
JamesCalifornia Quail enjoying a dirt bath
#bird #wildlife #zealandia #wellington #wildlifephotography #quail
#bird #wildlife #zealandia #wellington #wildlifephotography #quail
The living fossil that is a Tuatara
#zealandia #wellington #wildlifephotography #tuatara #reptile #newzealand
#zealandia #wellington #wildlifephotography #tuatara #reptile #newzealand
Saw *heaps* of tuatara at Zealandia today. Nice warm weather for them.
#WildlifePhotography #NewZealandWildlife #Zealandia #Tuatara
moongoldDetritus 812 – Music of Sound
https://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/detritus-812
Every one a winner.
Happy Time of Year.
#MusicOfSound #detritus #music #video #zealandia #CarlosSantana #nin #volcano #HerbieHancock #MilesDavis #RyuichiSakamoto #burnistoun #UBlockOrigin #RoomTone #JapaneseApolgies #politicians #japan #nocryptographer #TechCrunch #HackerNews #cats #TimPrebble
Kris HardyOne thing that amazes me with #New Zealand is how many species they've brought back from near #extinction and are continuing to grow their numbers of. A pair of takahe at #Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington have had a baby chick. They were believed to be extinct until 1948. Breeding programs were set up on sanctuary islands in the 1980s, and today there are about 500 takahe. I've seen the pair at Zealandia, who are hilariously feisty toward the keepers, and 8 or so on Tiritiri Matangi Island. If you haven't seen them in person, it's definitely a good excuse for an adventure. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/582469/takahe-pair-thought-to-be-infertile-hatch-chick-at-zealandia
Susannah Shepherd 
This story made my day. I keep going back to look at the photos again. A Christmas miracle indeed. #Zealandia #takahē
https://www.visitzealandia.com/member-news/a-christmas-miracle/
Knowledge Zone#KnowledgeBit: #Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust that subsided after breaking away from Gondwanaland 83 - 79 million years ago. It has been described variously as a submerged continent, a continental fragment (or microcontinent), and a continent.
It is sometimes referred as the "#EighthContinent of the world".
