Musings from Middle Earth (5)
Many More Strange Birds First of all, the bird in front of the New Zealand fur seal in my second musing was an oyster catcher, not a pukeko. We finally saw a pukeko in our campsite in Rotorua on the North Island. I chased it to get this photo while it squawked and screamed and even reluctantly flew a few feet to get away from me. Later it was joined by many more of its strange, big-footed friends (its best feature, which I unfortunately did not get in this shot.) I never saw