Hihi chicks 2008 | Ark in the Park

Does the world look better upside down?

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:22:33 +1300

Photograph: Eric Wilson

Second Generation West Auckland hihi?

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:28:18 +1300

Eric Wilson: "I took some photos of what I thought at the time was an unbanded adult female hihi. On closer examination on the computer at home I realise it must be a juvenile, with yellow markings around the beak and lack of mottled feathers on chest and abdomen. There was another bird nearby which was also likely to be a juvenile. If their mother was the unbanded female, this would make the juveniles the first second generation birds born in the Ark!"

Single Chick II

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:02 +1300

Not exactly beautiful, but getting there. Photograph: Andy Warneford

Single chick

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:51:06 +1300

Photograph: Laurence Béchet

Feeding fledgling

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:45:24 +1300

Photograph: Laurence Béchet

Two chicks await their next meal

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:40:04 +1300

Laurence Béchet had great difficulty with this photograph, as the chicks kept coming towards her to be fed!