Bjorn IdleMar 16

Umbrella mosses and lichens in lush greens and purples on the forest floor on (edit: Ulva Island, not) Stewart Island Rakiura.

Some of those mosses look a bit like tarantulas, but I promise they're not. I would've been running away rather than taking photos otherwise...

#Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #Lichen #Moss #NaturePhotography #Nature #Aotearoa #StewartIsland #NewZealand #Rakiura #UlvaIsland

Bjorn IdleMar 14

Fronds of Kōwaowao aka Hound's Tongue Fern (Microsorum pustulatum), growing beside the road near Oban, Stewart Island Rakiura

#Plants #NaturePhotography #Nature #Texture #Fern #Aotearoa #NewZealand #StewartIsland #Rakiura

Bjorn IdleMar 14

We had some time on beautiful Stewart Island, Rakiura, earlier this week. The Oban harbour at Halfmoon Bay hosts a number of seabirds, including albatrosses, muttonbirds (Shearwaters), and terns.

I managed to get some shots of this albatross (White-capped, I think) as it ran along the water as part of its take-off.

#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #NaturePhotography #Nature #Rakiura #StewartIsland #NewZealand #Aotearoa

Kimbo106Jul 22, 2025

Flavien Saboureau : l'inconnu célèbre

Après avoir rencontré, non sans mal, le kiwi, Flavien accepte une nouvelle mission. Une journée de repos bien méritée, comme pour le Tour de France cycliste, après de grosses étapes.

Flavien en profite pour déguster une glace avant de se mettre en quête du manchot pygmée, ou pingouin bleu. Mais une telle rencontre se mérite, et s'effectue à la lampe frontale rouge pour ne pas les déranger.

https://librexpression.fr/un-inconnu-desormais-celebre-20-55

#Amsterdam #foodtruck #Koror #Librexpression #Manchots #NewZealand #NZ #Oban #NatureBeauty #PhotographyIsArt #Rakiura #Stewart #Titi #Trek #TDF2025

(Crédits : Flavien Saboureau)

Kimbo106Jul 11, 2025

Flavien s'attaque au Rakiura Trek

Pas de cotillons ni de bulles, mais des crêtes embrumées et une plante rare. Flavien célèbre la Saint-Sylvestre loin des lumières artificielles et de sa famille, dans l’écrin sauvage de l’île Stewart, en Nouvelle-Zélande. Treize heures de marche, 980 mètres de dénivelé, une chaussure pleine de boue, et au sommet : une espèce endémique introuvable ailleurs.

Il s'offre une fin d’année brute, sincère, intense. Entre bivouac et sa quête de naturaliste, ce réveillon au cœur du bush néo-zélandais, accompagné d'une paella lyophilisée nous rappelle une chose : la nature offre parfois le plus beau des feux d’artifice.

https://librexpression.fr/christmas-hut-pour-le-reveillon-18-55

#Anglem #Bungaree #Flore #Hut #Librexpression #Mud #naturaliste #NatureBeauty #nature #forest #Newzealand #Rakiura #sandfly #Trek #vegetation #Exploration #Biodiversité #CarnetDeVoyage #Randonnée #SaintSylvestre

(Crédits : Flavien Saboureau)

Dag-Rune ZJun 24, 2025
- You are not supposed to smoke that!
Having a Monty Python moment at Rakiura
The strict stare og 2,6-meter wingspan of the white-capped albatross certainly reminds us of the great John Cleese and the Monty Python classic.
This Aotearoa albatross is a regular of the southern New Zealand islands. Rakiura / Stewart Island itself has observed visits from 11 variants of this bird species with the giant wingspan. Probably because Rakiura is surrounded by large undisturbed ocean with great fishing, and the island has large areas with hills and cliffs and not too many humans.
Probably for the best. Observing, or being observed, by albatrosses several times both at South Island and Rakiura, this bird is obviously very curious. And they should be separated from too much human interference and disturbance.
But then you walk and suddenly feel watched…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-capped_albatross

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Dag-Rune ZMay 1, 2025
Tomtit Ngirungiru on a stick in Rakiura

Tomtit balancing twigs, break and curiosity
The Ngirungiru, or Tomtit, is a very small passerine bird in the Robins-family Petroicidae.
With a maximum length of 12 cm and a weight of 11 gram, it is basically the size of two Ping-Pong balls with wings and tail.

Frenetic enthusiastic
It is also very curious and enthusiastic. Meaning that when it decides you are not a threat when you meet one up close in the forest, it will follow you along for some time. But in a frenetic pattern, jumping between the trees, branches, trail and back up again.

And then maybe, maybe, just be still for a couple of seconds where you get a reasonable shot. Like this one in the forest at Rakiura, Aotearoa.

There are five subspecies of Tomtits, and they have different names in Māori. The South Island and Rakiura Stewart Island variant is called Ngirungiru. The North Island is called Miromiro. And as a loveable little fellow, there are several other Māori and English name for it. Tomtit is an adaptable feather ball, and lives well with most of the changes made to the biodiversity of New Zealand.

#2015CE #Animals #Aotearoa #AotearoaNewZealand #bird #birdparadise #Birds #blue #bluesky #curious #forest #frontdoor #green #Horseshoe #Bay #Kiwi #kiwiexperience #NikonD800 #Māori #NestorMeridionalis #New #Zealand #Ngirungiru #passerine #pingpongball #Rakiura #RakiuraStewartIsland #roadtrip #robins #smallbird #social #southisland #southpacific #StewartIsland #tomtit #weird #birdswood #Ngirungiru #Petroicidae
fionaschlachterApr 13, 2025
#SilentSunday #DeerTracks #NZTravel #Rakiura #StewartIsland
fionaschlachterApr 12, 2025

Today:

- We hiked Ulva Island and saw several kaka
- I enjoyed an excellent flat white at #TheSnuggery
- We saw 5 adult and 1 juvenile kiwi feeding after dark (using red flashlights)

#ThreeGoodThings #NZTravel #Rakiura #StewartIsland #damnlucky

exlibrarykrisJun 10, 2024

Garden bird survey 29 June to 7 July 2024.

1. Choose an hour on one day during the survey period and find the perfect bird counting spot.
2. Use the tally sheet to count the number of birds you see or hear.
3. Report your count.

https://gardenbirdsurvey.nz/

#EHiaNgāManu #HowManyBirds

#Aotearoa #TeWaiPounamu #Rakiura #AndOtherIslandsTooNumerousToName

#NewZealand

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