SWAMP HARRIER OR AUSTRALASIAN MARSH HARRIER IN FLIGHT, HAKATERE CORNER, HAKATERE CONSERVATION PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 11/5/2017

   Even though we can't discern any colors in these photos, we can still ID this raptor as a Swamp Harrier or Australasian Marsh Harrier by its long, broad wings with 5 dark "fingers" on wing tip when in flight; prominent white rump; long tail rounded at tip; hooked bill (you can just make this out in first photo) and white area on wing next to "fingers".

   The Swamp Harrier is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 752.

HAKATERE CORNER, HAKATERE CONSERVATION PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

      The building in the first photo was built in 1862, to accommodate the manager of Hakatere Station, a sheep shearing station.  The building in the second photo was the shearers' quarters.

FEMALE PARADISE SHELDUCK & DUCKLINGS, LAKE STREAM,CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

MALE YELLOWHAMMER, LAKE HERON CAMPGROUND, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

VIEWS FROM THE ROAD: TAYLOR RANGE, HAKATERE CONSERVATION PARK TO LAKE HERON, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

BREEDING MALE & JUVENILE BANDED DOTTERELS, HAKATERE CONSERVATION PARK, CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

   The breeding male Banded Dotterel is in the first photo and the juvenile in the second photo. 

RAINBOW FROM STAVELY HEIGHTS BED & BREAKFAST. CANTERBURY REGION, SOUTH ISLAND., NEW ZEALAND