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Club Intermed excursion to the It's a very pleasant place to visit, with a variety of native birds taking advantage of this predator-free refuge. A mid-evening walk with a group of 37 kids (and 9 adults) probably isn't the ideal from the point-of-view of quietly listening out for the sounds of different birds, but we did manage to see some native ducks, and a few kaka flying and squawking overhead. It's a very impressive setting - just minutes from the central city - and a place I'll visit again in the near future to enjoy at my own pace. |
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Introduction to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and instructions before setting out. | ;) |
Inside the sanctuary - picturesque lake with bush backdrop. |
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Onward we go, all 46 of us. | ;) |
"Why swim when you can fly? You'll have to ask the brown teal (pateke) ... A perfectly good flier, it often prefers paddling away from trouble ... they're one of the world's rarest ducks." |
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Looking back in the direction from which we've come. | ;) |
Learning more about what happens inside the Sanctuary. |
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On top of the dam. Flash was used in this shot and that made the background seem darker than it actually was. The insert was taken at the same time without the flash - but several of the figures are blurred because of a slow exposure. |
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A kaka in the tree (near a feeding box). We had seen a few flying about earlier. |
To go to the Sanctuary's own website, click here.