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Tui

The Tui is a boisterous medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It's blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive whit throat tuft. It is one of th...
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The Tui is a boisterous medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It's blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive whit throat tuft. It is one of the largest species in diverse Australian Honeyeater family, and one of two living species of that family (Meliphagidae) found in New Zealand. Tui is a national heritage animal in Maori culture. They are said to be messengers of the Gods and Goddesses. In Maori culture they are holy birds. In was really surprised when I founded this one in garden park in the centre of Auckland and honestly I didn't propere for this incredible Tui bird...
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PENTAX KP

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Auckland, NZ

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Mar, 2024

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Great capture!,

Thank you, Eddie! Appreciate! I was sitting on bench and waiting for my friends to go watch football (the WWC in New Zealand) and I didn't even look around for birds and not for Tui. I was not prepare for taking shots.... I regret just that I didn't go back there another day. 😌 Even loco people in Auckland were surprised that Tui were are living in the hart of the city.

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Beautiful, Ann!

Thank you very much, Ron! As I said to Eddie, I didn't expected or even thinking about birds then, specially didn't know even that Tui may lives in the middle of Auckland...😉