We found a baby thrush in the gardens today that was being attacked by 5 seagulls 😡. Ran over and picked it up, as it seemed to be in shock. Took the little gal home, fed her some honeyed water in a dish and churu via pipette. (Loved it!)

A number of people I know are either just catching up on the MMH news or are unaware so I put together everything I've posted so far into a blog post: utf9k.net/blog/managem... I wasn't sure whether I'd bother sharing it but apparently Reddit found it while I was sleeping

pīpīwharauroa | shining cuckoo at Zealandia (being fed by riroriro | grey warbler foster parent) #bestof2025

Went back to the tauhou / silvereye nest this morning but took our old GoPro this time. Managed to get a real clear shot of them feeding! 🪶🇳🇿 #aotearoabirds

I managed to over salt the self saucing pudding and it's inedible! Luckily caught it before I put it in the oven 😭 #kai

We've found a tauhou / silvereye nest this week on our daily gardens walk. There are three babies and today we got to see them being fed 😭. 🪶🇳🇿

We're having a New Years sale! Get 2 months free when paying for an annual subscription 😁. If you've been wondering about making your own Bluesky feeds, it's a great time to try us out. blueskyfeedcreator.com/pricing

Duckies! And also Kyle. We were quite sure they'd left this morning but then found them moseying amongst the roses on their way to the pond for a swim. #nzbirds #pūtangitangi

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Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿

Love when a massive server migration takes only 2 hours! 😁😁

Came down for an evening walk at the gardens and to hang out with our Paradise duck friends. They completely trust us now! #nzbirds

Our lone female Canada goose here at the public gardens. The council came and took away the male as he was attacking children and his mate. People were complaining on the local Facebook page, and it took them 6 months!

Found this gorgeous nest in a lancewood this morning! #nzbirds

Happy 32nd Birthday Doom! On December 10, 1993, id Software released the legendary first-person shooter game Doom.

One of the gardens staff motored over to Eddie and I after seeing me take this foxglove pic and was like "Have you seen the really unique aquilegia??" and pointed at it and I went, "ooh yes fasciated! There's another with it in the Wonderland garden" and then we just nerded out about plants a bit 🌱🇳🇿

Eddie has kindly edited my duckposting video down to a single minute so you can watch the little darlings waking up! We caught them just in time this morning, snuggled in one of the rhododendron beds. Dad's method of getting them out of bed is um. Not subtle. #nzbirds

Some catnip announcements! Firstly, this morning I have re-stocked everything. Sorry I sold out, but that's because I have 15% off everything until 30 November. #nzpets (1/3)

Dinner tonight was deep pan pizza with cheesy garlic sauce and potato 😋 #kai The bread proved so fast that it sadly didn't get a chance to develop any gluten, so next time I might have to prove it in the fridge.

You can email [email protected] and send pics of the shirt in question! Finally ... If you want something more fun than black, navy or white, we can talk 😂 My stash is deep and varied!

It's so hot today that our pizza dough has doubled in about 30 minutes. Now I'm scrambling to get the toppings ready 😅 #kai

Hey there Aotearoa Bluesky fam. I can replace a collar on your fave, worn out shirt. Usually this is friends & family only but it's *such* a good "person who has everything" Christmas gift and I can fit 2-3 in before then if you mail em in. I've got navy, black & white linen.

The diversity of horizontal navigation in 2004 #WebDesignHistory

Duckposting!! Here's a little cut together compilation of our encounters today. They were so grotty getting out of the pond hahahaha. Thy are such characters. Adult feathers really showing up now in big patches. #nzbirds I feel so lucky that they let me lay in their midst and film.

In November 1995, Vermeer Technologies developed the FrontPage 1.0 editor for WYSIWYG web development. In January 1996, Microsoft bought Vermeer and, in June, released an editor called Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 #WebDesignHistory

Duckposting... Let's start with this little mallard sweetheart. I lay down in the grass to get some pics of this darling sleeping in with mum and dad (right after this he/she took themselves off for a solo walk! We actually circled twice today to find the parry fam and I have videos of them too. 🇳🇿🪶

What's in a name? The use of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand business names | besjournals.onlineli... | People and Nature | #ornithology 🪶

Toni's having a lovely night! 🇳🇿🐱

👀👀 Just managed to pick up an absolute dream sewing machine? In Wellington, but the vintage sewing machine enthusiast network is helping me out with posting her down. It does help that it's just a *little* one 🥺🥺 I don't even know if I believe it yet. A featherweight?!

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The Aotearoa Birds feed has just been updated to run with much less manual input from me. It should be much more up to date now. Good for following the #birdoftheyear vote too!

Let's go #Aotearoabirds!

It's #BirdOfTheYear time! Don't forget to check out the Aotearoa Birds feed!😀 www.birdoftheyear.org.nz 🪶🇳🇿

If it weren't for your gumboots, where would ya be? You'd be in the hospital or in the infirmary.

It’s official! Zealandia is campaigning for kiwi in #BirdOfTheYear or #BOTY 2025! This year’s ‘party leader’ for the 5 kiwi species is kiwi pukupuku, the smallest of kiwi with the BIGGEST conservation success story. Vote KIWI from 15 Sep! www.birdoftheyear.org.nz Laser Eye Kiwi by by Lucy Gray

It's #BirdOfTheYear time! Don't forget to check out the Aotearoa Birds feed!😀 www.birdoftheyear.org.nz 🪶🇳🇿

Who narked 😡

It is a Pekapeka feeder: pekapekabirdfeeders.nz it also has a dangling cage for fat/seed balls as well as the sugar water

Here are some pictures from our walks this weekend. 🌱🇳🇿

Very successful trip to Timaru today ✅ Picked up a pulley system laundry rack ✅ Dropped off some sewing machines for repair ✅ Walked in the botanic gardens ✅ Bought some haskap berry plants Back home just before 5pm!

First blossoms on our apricot tree! Last year they all blew off so fingers crossed for this year. 🇳🇿🌱

In a study led by the Tawaki Project at the University of Otago examining 3 Aotearoa crested penguin species, researchers have found that the tawaki/Fiordland penguin is thriving, while erect-crested penguins and Eastern rockhopper penguins are facing worrying declines. Read more here ⬇️

I’m proud and over the moon to share the news that I’m a finalist in the Wildlife category of NZ Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025. This is the big kahuna for Aotearoa wildlife photographers and a major goal I’ve been chasing for a long time. To achieve it is exceptionally special to me. 🪶🇳🇿

"For whom the bell tolls really does have meaning at the national carillon, and for them to go silent is tantamount to forgetting.” The Bells! I could not remain silent about Ministry for Culture & Heritage’s perverse treatment of our National Carillonaire of 40 years. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watching Sewing Bee, and am inspired by Stuart's woolen tie! Going to make my own using this pattern. 🇳🇿🧵

Interesting tidbit here with the 'ratepayer group' in waitaki basically going full denialist re the Havelock North Royal Commission. Remarkable how happy some people in this country are to mortgage the health & future of their kids if they can save any few bucks in the short term.

Pretty happy with that! #kai

Experimenting with deep frying bocconcini to make poutine for dinner #kai