We had a delay in the arrival of the ferry this morning so our afternoon plans in Wellington were really rushed. The ferry was great, smooth sailing with just a small wave movement. It was called "light". We did not see many birds from the ferry.
From Wellington we picked up our rental car and drove to Zealandia, a preserve where the Wildlife department eradicated all the predators (cats etc) from an area and soon native birds returned. We saw the Tui, Kaka, Kakariki, Fantail, Kerero and our last bird of the day was a pheasant. We are staying in a beach town on the west coast tonight and we went to the lagoons by the sea and then watched the sun set over the ocean from the beach with mountains and islands on the side. It was the quintessential New Zealand experience. It was after this that we saw the NZ Pheasant.
We did not eat supper until 10:15pm due to the late day and we are both tired. Tomorrow is a drive day with some birding as we are crossing the North Island to go to north and east and we will go as far as the land of hot springs, Rotorua.
I am not sure if Colleen will be posting photos tonight, I know she took a lot of photos but it is getting late here.
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