New Zealand, The Catlins and Nugget Point 16/11/2011
We left Stewart Island this morning on the morning ferry back to Bluff. Nothing new seen on the return crossing. Can't believe I am taking for granted White-capped and Salvin's Albatrosses!
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Video grabs from my New Zealand 2011 DVD (see "Trip DVDS For Sale" tab at top of page)
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We returned to Invercargill and then drove eastwards through the Catlins. Roadside stops produced good numbers of New Zealand Pigeons and Redpolls.
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Nugget Point |
By mid afternoon we arrived at Nugget Point. The main quarry here was Yellow-eyed Penguin. After short walk down to the observation hide we spotted our first Penguin making it's way down the beach to the sea. After about an hour we saw a couple more coming ashore. Also of interest was a rock stack that held a colony of Royal Spoonbills.
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Yellow-eyed Penguin |
We left Nugget Point in the late afternoon to drive to Dunedin where we stopped at The Brothers Hotel.