New Zealand birds

"White-fronted terns or Tara resting at Matuku Takotako/Sumner beach. This coastal bird is only found in New Zealand." - Contributor's note.

Rare Tarāpuka (black-billed gulls) colony on Armagh Street at the site of the former PWC building.

"A rare White heron/kōtuku spotted at Brooklands Lagoon." - Contributor's note.

"A colony of seagulls now nest in the empty foundations of the old Price Waterhouse Coopers building demolished after the earthquake." - Contributor's note.

Bar-tailed godwits, recently arrived from Alaska, feeding in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.

Calm water in the bay, the sound of wave and the smell of the fresh air allow me to stay peaceful mind. The sunrise is just breathtaking moment . This is worth for getting up early morning. The...

"Bird friends enjoying their evening in Sumner Beach" - Contributor's note

Black fronted tern in front of the Southern Alps.

A truck driving through rubbish bags and seagulls in flight at Bexley rubbish tip.

A lone little shag resting on the guard railing at Kaiapoi Lakes, with the subdivision in the background.

Shag at the Avon Estuary in South New Brighton.

Heron at the Avon Estuary in South New Brighton.

Swans and other birds on the South Brighton Estuary.

A seagull.

Terns at Birdlings Flat

Rob Lawrence, Animal Manager at Orana Wildlife Park, with orphaned Kaka chicks, Roro and Witi.

Exterior of a Christchurch city's sewerage treatment plant building designed to reduce sewage smells. In the foreground is parkland and a lake with Canadian geese coming in to land.

Bernie Calder of Forest and Bird Protection Society at Travis Swamp.

View of waxeye birds feeding at a bird table outside a cottage owned by Phyllis Thomas on Durham Street, who specifically feeds the birds in winter.

"Close-up of a Kea sat on the roof of a garden shed at a house on Crofton Road, Harewood. The Kea, nicknamed "The Robber" by local residents, has been stealing fruit of the trees in the area."

A cat named Snowy and a magpie bird sat in the cab of a van behind the Supreme Court on Durham Street.

Daughter of Ron Cone in their garden in Papanui feeding the chickens.

View across the track and pitch to full spectator stands during the opening of the Commonwealth Games at the QEII Park. In the foreground are a flock of pigeons taking flight across the track.

A blue heron at Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere.

Views of a morepork owl at an electroplating firm in Kingsley Street in Sydenham.

Mrs A. Norris, wife of Sumner wildlife ranger Baden Norris, feeding two yellow-eyed penguins that were rescued at South Brighton and Motunau Beach.

Views of the reintroduction of the Weka in Banks Peninsula, Canterbury.

Man holding a bird at the Christchurch Poultry, Pigeon and Cage Bird annual show held at the Selwyn Street hall.

Ducks beside an unidentified lake.

"""My Aunty Daphne Marker in her room at the Upper Sanatorium (Cashmere). She was known for her pet birds and her very fine knitting. She used bike spokes and piano wires to knit with... Born 6...

Black birds on the snow in a the yard of the Vinicombe homestead.

Two swans on an unidentified lake.

Judge Mr Eric Tippins holding a barred Plymouth Rock cockerel at the annual Poultry and Pigeon Show at Selwyn Street Hall.

Kim Collier with taxidermied penguins on the Avon River bank in the snow. They normally occupy glass cases at the DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) Antarctic division.