Beautiful Island
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| Looking east to Mt Manaia |
Bernie, the ranger who lives on Limestone/Matekohe Island, picked us up at the Onerahi jetty and took us over to the wharf at the old limeworks.
We took a small detour to Rat Island where I counted 18 spoonbills on the beach amongst the oyster catchers and dottrills.
It was raining on and off as Gerry and Bernie were interviewed in the shelter by the ruins,
by a German photographer/writer who collects information for an online German travel magazine.
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| Shore skink |
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| Copper skink |
Bernie caught 2 skinks, a Shore and a Copper, in a pitfall trap.
We went all over the island; up to the petrel burrows, the pa site, the weta/gecko covers, along the beach and upto the school site.
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| Looking west to Portland |
The Hibiscus richardsonii that we planted only a month ago have grown heaps, about 6 - 10cm already and all of them along the track.
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| Fantail chick |
We heard fern birds and grey warblers calling, tui nesting by the ruins and fantails followed us everywhere.
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| Looking east across Onerahi to the Hen/Taranga and Whangarei Heads |
