A tūī at Orokonui Ecosanctuary looking for its next mission… which will probably involve seeing some other hapless bird out of its territory.

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Taken over a year to get a decent pic of a rifleman/titipounamu. NZ’s smallest bird, with the infuriating habits of hanging out in dense, dark forests and not sitting still. Luckily they’re outrageously cute…

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