Tag Archives: Birds

Another Shaggy Story

Posted on March 22, 2022 by krikitarts

Last Sunday I participated in a “Bio Blitz” in one of our many parks here in Auckland. The mission was to spot and identify as many birds, insects, snails, geckos, skinks, spiders, etc. as we could within the span of … Continue reading →

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Sweet Spring

Posted on September 1, 2021 by krikitarts

This day marks the beginning of spring here in the southern hemisphere, and I greet it with mixed feelings. We have spent another entire winter here in New Zealand, again having been unable to return to our traditional northern Minnesota … Continue reading →

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Menagerie Monday: Figuratively Speaking

Posted on February 21, 2021 by krikitarts

One of the trees that we acquired when we bought our place here in Auckland three years ago was a fig. Frankly, I have had many chances to sample (candied) figs in my younger days, and I must admit that … Continue reading →

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Monday Menagerie: Feathery Flashback

Posted on February 8, 2021 by krikitarts

As high summer has us in its grip here in the Southern Hemisphere, with near-drought conditions again threatening us with brown grass and the start of cracks in the soil, I’ve gone back in my archives to six years ago, … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving, With 2020 Vision

Posted on November 27, 2020 by krikitarts

It has surely been quite a remarkable  year and, in spite of a plethora of unexpected challenges along the way, well beyond our control, we still have so much to be thankful for. For the first time in nearly 40 … Continue reading →

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Family Flashbacks (14): A Bird, A Breach, & A Beach

Posted on November 20, 2020 by krikitarts

Continuing my flashback California road trip report, on this date we gladly put the Artichoke Inn in our rear-view mirror, breakfasted again in the Moss Landing Café (no artichokes), and drove to a nearby departure point for Sanctuary Whale Watch … Continue reading →

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SpringScapes (6)

Posted on September 27, 2020 by krikitarts

One of the highlights of our family trip to the South Island earlier this month was a visit to the windswept Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve at the end of the Otago Peninsula, overlooking the mouth of the Otago Harbour, in … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (51): River Run Remembered

Posted on August 25, 2020 by krikitarts

As our second lockdown here in Auckland continues (at Level 3 for at least another five days, and very probably longer), we are very grateful to be here where things are much less uncertain than in so many other places … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (44): High Fliers and High Hopes

Posted on August 1, 2020 by krikitarts

Eleven years ago on this date I was in Chile on a work assignment and, with a colleague, stopped at a restaurant in the city of Concón in Valparaíso Province. When we had ordered our meals, I wandered to a … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (42): Fantail Follow-up

Posted on July 20, 2020 by krikitarts

Here’s my “promised” second installment on our little friend, the fantail. When I presented the first one about three weeks ago (here), I said I’d try to bring you an image of one with its tail actually fanned, which I … Continue reading →

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