can definitely feel my abs since. Not sure if laughing at all the rude jokes or from attempting to lift my butt into the air!

I am no tree expert but I think it's a miro tree. Kereru like to eat the berries.

It was my late Dad's ute which he had from new for 31 years. I was taking it for a drive wearing one of his flannel shirts. It's been sold now.

@@soarpurpose thank you for sharing, all the best. Regards.

@@Gregory-nk8wm I might have another video of it but would need to take a look

I like the sound of them flying

Surprised it didn't pick up the wind sound, strongly. Did pick up a tui singing. I like the peacefulness of nature. This little pocket just above the town.

Original is on canvas on left. Doesn't look it's best as in poor lighting. Print is on premium paper with pigmented inks from a fine art printing specialist. It doesn't seem affected by the poor lighting as much. Was done from a photo I took of the original in good lighting.

I also requested a white border around the image for the print.

Thanks. The original looks more vibrant too in good lighting, which was used for the photo I took for the printer. Glad I only tweaked the saturation by only about 3 points.

I'm a kiwi too

Well there was loads of grass to graze on too. They seemed pretty chilled.

thanks. I've since purchased an entry-level mirrorless, so that takes good pics too. These pics were with an inexpensive bridge camera. Will be sharing more pics when I can. I take the bird pics in case want reference pics to paint. Birds in nature are my favourite subject to photograph. I do it on a low cost budget.

Opps

It's been well looked after. Likely to be sold soon, hence wanted to record the sound. Plus better if it gets a regular drive rather than sitting around.

This one stayed with me at least 5 minutes

They were a bit stinky (nests of bird poop & seaweed) but interesting to watch. The views on the cliff were amazing

Speaking of poop. Did you know bird pee is white and bird poo is black or brown.

there is a history behind the name. Apparently an incident that happened.

hedgehogs were introduced into New Zealand in the late 1800s. I think by the English.

yes it is true there are a lot of hedgehogs in New Zealand. Unfortunately, a lot of them are squashed on the road, though.

possibly, although it was panting. Only seen birds fluff when ill like trying to keep warm, so perhaps this was in reverse, like trying to cool off?

@@soarpurpose Yeah, you could be right. Although, I would think the Tui would rather cool off in the shade. Pretty bird, though. Wish we had them here. 😍🥰🐦 Thanks for sharing! 🙂

@@BirdsandGhibliFan a few other people said they have seen similar and that the believe to be sunbathing