#nzwildlife — Public Fediverse posts

🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature

Birds #photography #nzwildlife #backyardphotography #PhotographyLovers

The world’s only alpine parrot – the curious, clever, and often mischievous kea 🦜

Photographed here in its natural habitat in Otira, New Zealand, with the snow-covered Southern Alps as a backdrop. These endangered birds are full of personality and play a vital role in our mountain ecosystems.
Let’s protect what’s left.
#Kea #AlpineParrot #NZWildlife #Conservation #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #SouthernAlps #NewZealand #BirdPhotography #Canonphotography #BirdConservation #Parrot #Winter

I had an incredible encounter with this rare Fiordland crested penguin on the West Coast, a moment I’ll never forget.
These elusive penguins are one of the world’s rarest, and facing threats from habitat loss, predators, and climate change. Encounters like this remind me why protecting New Zealand’s fragile coastal ecosystems is so important to me.

#Penguin #NewZealand #NZWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ocean #Sea
#ConservationMatters #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon #ProtectWhatYouLove

I had an incredible encounter with this rare Fiordland crested penguin on the West Coast, a moment I’ll never forget.
These elusive penguins are one of the world’s rarest, and facing threats from habitat loss, predators, and climate change. Encounters like this remind me why protecting New Zealand’s fragile coastal ecosystems is so important to me.

#Penguin #NewZealand #NZWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ocean #Sea
#ConservationMatters #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon #ProtectWhatYouLove

I had an incredible encounter with this rare Fiordland crested penguin on the West Coast, a moment I’ll never forget.
These elusive penguins are one of the world’s rarest, and facing threats from habitat loss, predators, and climate change. Encounters like this remind me why protecting New Zealand’s fragile coastal ecosystems is so important to me.

#Penguin #NewZealand #NZWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ocean #Sea
#ConservationMatters #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon #ProtectWhatYouLove

I had an incredible encounter with this rare Fiordland crested penguin on the West Coast, a moment I’ll never forget.
These elusive penguins are one of the world’s rarest, and facing threats from habitat loss, predators, and climate change. Encounters like this remind me why protecting New Zealand’s fragile coastal ecosystems is so important to me.

#Penguin #NewZealand #NZWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ocean #Sea
#ConservationMatters #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon #ProtectWhatYouLove

I had an incredible encounter with this rare Fiordland crested penguin on the West Coast, a moment I’ll never forget.
These elusive penguins are one of the world’s rarest, and facing threats from habitat loss, predators, and climate change. Encounters like this remind me why protecting New Zealand’s fragile coastal ecosystems is so important to me.

#Penguin #NewZealand #NZWildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ocean #Sea
#ConservationMatters #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon #ProtectWhatYouLove

A New Zealand fur seal pup rests on the rugged Kaikōura coast.
Innocent, alert—and already navigating a world that’s rapidly changing.
Our oceans are warming, our fish stocks are declining, and every seal pup like this is a reminder of what’s at stake.

#WildlifePhotography #SealPup #OceanConservation #Kaikoura #NaturePhotography #MarineLife #NZWildlife #FurSeal #MastodonNature #PhotographyForChange #NewZealand #WildlifeConservation #Nature

A New Zealand fur seal pup, looks straight into the lens. Curious, alert—full of presence.
Photographed on the Kaikōura coast, where their future is increasingly uncertain.

Let’s not let wonder like this disappear.

#WildlifePhotography #Kaikoura #FurSeal #Conservation #OceanWildlife #NaturePhotography #Seals #MarineLife #NZWildlife #WildlifeConservation #MastodonNature #PhotographyForChange

btw, the Christchurch Gull Pit is a real thing!

It’s the underground carpark of a PWC building razed after the 2011 earthquake that then filled with water, and was colonised by tarāpunga (red bill) and tarāpuka (black bill) native gulls. The birbs are endangered, so it’s theirs now #Aotearoa #NZwildlife #BirdsOfMastodon

Some sort of bird apparently quite well known... #dunedinnz #nzwildlife #wildlifephotography

'm currently trawling through a few years' worth of photography random posts on thread incoming #seagulls #nzwildlife #photography #capture

WHAT"S YOUR NAME? #photography #nzwildlife #wildlifephotography #PhotographyLovers

Large water-based mammal #nzwildlife #photography #purenz #PhotographyLovers

Water Dogs 😀#nzwildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #photographyislife #capture #moment #wildlife

Does anyone know what type of moth this is? #nzwildlife