Nature Tuesday Challenge – Natural life at Weymouth

A cat sits and watches a group of Ducks. It does nothing but watch. It sits in the car park. 

The Ducks take no notice of this cat as if it was unimportant. I am a long way away with a Zoom lens on my camera and yet the cat here looks straight at me. 

This lives like this for 2 years until it becomes adult. It is fully functional in it's landing technique.

Welcome to the Manukau Harbour.

A bird as large as a Heron but equiped with a spoon on the end of the beak. It looks like it's vacuuming the Manukau Mud flats when it is on the edge of the water.

I have no idea what it eats, 

There are often Ducks at Weymouth Beach

Flying over mud flats is a Pied Shag. It eats small fish. It swims and then dives from the sitting position into the water when it sees a small fish.

This is a large Seagull, bigger than a normal seagull. You have this type of Black backed gull and 2 different types of Sea gulls which are smaller.

These birds are prized. One of a pair is dark and the other has a white head.

This is taken from the road. Pine trees frame the photo

In the Manukau harbour they live in pairs and often goes on a flight and if one goes some where soon the other follows.

It seems they have their own places marked on the Manukau. They are wading birds.