Bird’s eye view Mother Mallard, soaring over Bluewater Stadium at Park Island, Napier A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Purple swamphen aka Pukeko, aka Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, aka nuisance A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

A Rhipidura fuliginosa, one of my favourite birds aka New Zealand fantail, or piwakawaka A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Hey little cluster, why so coy? A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Sparrow feast in Eskdale A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Baby swallows in Napier A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Swans on the Ngaruroro River at Awatoto A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Flying the flag Gull on a flagpole in Emerson St, Napier A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

New Zealand’s most fearsome bird The Magpie, for which I’ve had the most healthy respect ever since I was a paperboy A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...

Shags on shingle Tukituki River, Haumoana A 5x-weekly photograph from around Hawke’s Bay 🙂 dbp website...