Last spring I finally managed to get some photographs of pīpīwharouroa – Shining cuckoos – that I really like. They’re so elusive, noisy but sneaky and perfectly camouflaged. There were pairs chasing each other around the house I was staying in during the lockdown in Tāmaki Makaurau, and I had a few beautiful opportunities to capture them. Later in summer, I saw one of their chicks being tended by a very tiny, very busy riroriro/Grey warbler parent. Next on the list – koekoeā, Long-tailed cuckoo!
Linda Ireland
3 Apr 2022Faboulous work Edin, Still read some to Gran at tiimes.
Edin
19 Nov 2022Thanks Linda! I better keep writing them then :)