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New Zealand wood pigeons are stunning birds. And this one flew about one foot over my head!
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This is a Kakariki which means ‘little parrot’ in Maori. It is a New Zealand native parakeet – a red-fronted parakeet to be precise. I snapped it during feeding time at Orana Park. I loved the lions, but I think I’m rapidly become a bird fanatic – it was just such a great experience [...]

I waited for this shot. He was sleeping before this, but I thought he’d eventually realise he was being watched!
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Snapped at Orana Park. We visited during feeding time so the birds were oblivious to us.

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Mum, with her baby meerkats seen at Orana Wildlife Park. They were so cute! Dad was up a tree keeping look out.
They are such interesting characters I couldn’t stop at one picture.
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