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Pukeko on a lawn in Purau along the Purau-Port Levy Road. Photo by my son Max.
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Dead on the side of Sparks Road. Roadkill.
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Dead on the side of Sparks Road. Roadkill.
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Fresh road kill on Sparks Road southwest of Hendersons Road.
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Several pukeko working the mud flats for a meal.
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Middle, up a tree.
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Middle, up a tree.
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Pukeko home. 4 or 5 tunnels in one clump. Too early to call them nests.
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x24 Pukeko close to Mairehau carpark. This one holding its feathers spread for several minutes. Do pukeko dry their wings like shags?
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Pukeko footprints in the mud
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Feeding in brackish wetland
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Feeding in estuary
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Road kill adult on Sparks Road.
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Killed by a car today on Sparks Road.
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Killed recently along Sparks Road. Spring is here.
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Another dead pukeko along Sparks Road. This carcass is a bit older. I expect the bird was killed over the weekend.