Life on Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand

This is a historical place and at most times this light house is open to the visiting public. The visitor's centre is near by.

A rare and endangered New Zealand bird. It is different from the New Zealand Pukako. It is flightless and vulnerable to predators. Tiritiri Island had a 19 year old Takahe called, "Greg" and although he passed on, I managed to get a photo of him. Perhaps another time. It likes foraging for roots.

It sleeps during the day, which is fortunate for the other birds during the day, because he will seek food. So the other birds will hide. It was here this day, under a Nikau Palm tree.

The male bird is yellow but looks like her. They eat nectar and the rangers put honey water to feed all the birds that like to drink nectar. It has to be changed every day.

It's a lovely sea line and you don't notice that you are walking for two and a half hours for the beauty that is around you on this island.

This ferry sits here until you have to leave which is about 4 in the afternoon. 

This bird loves foraging on the forest floor it likes eating insects and grubs. It also sings beautifully.

This is one of the best bird songsters, I was fortunate this day. You rarely ever see one, but you hear them and they hop from tree to tree. It's also very beautiful.

It's waiting the opportunity to dive to get nectar or honey water from a feeder that the rangers put out. The birds flit in and out all the time. You are inside New Zealand bush here with a canopy of trees.

This one lives here and doesn't mind it's picture being taken today. It feeds off Puriri berries or other New Zealand berries. It also likes fruit. It is mainly vegetarian but may eat the odd bug.