Part One

  • New Zealand Fur Seal
    New Zealand Fur Seal
    Arctocephalus forsteri - playfully swimming upside down near our boat.
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5879
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mamaku
    Mamaku
    Cyathea medullaris - several of this tree fern.
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5889
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spotted Shags
    Spotted Shags
    Stictocarbo punctatus - females.
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5907
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Caspian Tern
    Caspian Tern
    Sterna caspia - juvenile with incomplete dark cap.
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5920
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-fronted Terns
    White-fronted Terns
    Sterna striata - adults and juveniles.
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5923
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fluttering Shearwaters
    Fluttering Shearwaters
    Puffinus gavia
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5925
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Robin
    Black Robin
    Petroica traversi - a rare bird with most having leg bands for monitoring purposes.
    Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5956
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bellbird
    Bellbird
    Anthornis melanura
    Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5961
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bellbird
    Bellbird
    Anthornis melanura - bathing.
    Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5964
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Robin
    Black Robin
    Petroica traversi
    Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#5982
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Small Beach
    Small Beach
    Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, October 28, 2011
    2011-10-28#6142
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Hawthorn
    Common Hawthorn
    Crataegus monogyna
    Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6147
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scotch Broom
    Scotch Broom
    Cytisus scoparius
    Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6148
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Awatere Valley
    Awatere Valley
    As we head up the Black Birch Range.
    South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6151
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Deer
    Red Deer
    Cervus elaphus - introduced and mostly farmed for meat these days.
    Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6017
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sheep
    Sheep
    Ovis aries
    Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6028
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Black Birch Range, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6155
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Black Birch Range, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6156
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Korikori (Butteercup) & Vegetable Sheep
    Korikori (Butteercup) & Vegetable Sheep
    Ranunculus insignis & Haastia pulvinaris - several plants share the name 'vegetable sheep'.
    Black Birch Range, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6162
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mountain Daisy
    Mountain Daisy
    Celmisia semicordata - very pretty when in flower.
    Black Birch Range, South Island, New Zealand, October 29, 2011
    2011-10-29#6169
    Larry L. Jackson