Hawdon Valley and Walker Pass Overnighter. D&D #14

D&D tip #14 - trail running also includes plenty of walking, climbing and sitting around eating and drinking cups of tea in beautiful places. On this overnighter we slowed down enough to get close to several rare New Zealand birds and soak up the amazing scenery of the NZ mountains in the height of summer.

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Cool to see those Parakeets, A true NZ bird watching adventure.

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It was a real surprise to see quite a few Kākāriki in the Hawdon. Quite a few other native birds around as well: Kea, Kaka, Mōhua and Karearea, but too hard to film. All thanks to the pest controllers who we met, and the Kea monitors who we passed up near the tarn. Bird watching is cooler than I expected, might have to get a notebook and pencil :)