Birdwatching

The fantails were busy again last weekend but we were most impressed by the parrot in the tea tree! Native parrots tends to be green with red underwings whilst this one had bits of blue, red and green all over - I'm fairly certain that it was an Australian import, the Eastern Rosella.

Here's a quick and imprecise checklist of the birds that we've seen over our land so far:

1. Fantail - of course
2. Tui (see below)
3. Silvereye
4. Kingfisher (technically next door but I'm going to count it anyway)
5. Kereru (native pigeon)
   
6. Kahu - the Australian harrier
   
7. Myna bird
8. Eastern rosella
   
9. Blackbird
10. Sparrow
11. Mistle thrush
12. Pheasant
13. Peacock