Wildlife

Wherever we travel in the north island we see a variety of wildlife. Sacred Kingfishers love to sit on telephone wires and are common everywhere, not just along rivers. Fantails are the sweetest birds that do a little dance with their tail to help them catch insects. The most amazing call is of the Tui - and noticeably at the moment no crickets churping. Chickens run wild almost anywhere there's a bit of open land or a picnic site. But our favourite of all is the Pukeko. About as common as ducks, they have really long gangly legs and the most brilliant of colours - the beak is the most vivid red and the feathers blue. I am very proud of myself for having got close enough to take a picture of my own this week, here it is, the Pukeko!