Another visitor we've had in the Kowhai tree in my front garden is this rather fat Kereru (wood pigeon). I'm guessing it's a pregnant female possibly? You can't really see how colourful she is but on average these birds as adults are 51cm in length and weigh about 650g. Killing them is illegal and they were once hunted for their meat and feathers. She was kind to me by sitting in the tree for quite some time.
Linking up with Mosaic Monday and Blue Monday.
14 comments:
Such a pretty bird!
It's hard to understand why someone would want to harm them.
Happy Sunday, Amy.
A first for me.
Good to hear they are protected.
Lovely to see a native bird close up
Nice shot of that bird. It has a little more colour then the ones in the Netherlands.
...it sure looks like a pigeon.
Wow, beautiful bird!
A pretty bird and new to me too.
A nice bird in view. I think wood pigeon in Australia looks different.
They will make short work of the flowers on your kowhai!
Your side of the world has such beautiful, colorful birds. Than you for sharing this one.
My husband likes taking photos of birds He really needs to buy a birding lens. We saw a pigeon a bit similar to this in Queensland recently. Enjoy your week. I am joining you at Mosaic Monday.
Yes, I agree. It`s a lovely bird. Most of the people don`t like pidgeons.
Happy MosaicMonday
Thank you so much being part at
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Have a fine week. Greetings by Heidrun
A lovely bird.
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