Had a terrific night walk in eco sanctuary Zealandia this week. Mild night and it rained for about 15 minutes mid walk, which was actually lovely. Go the gear! We had a small group of four, with one guide and a spotter. Last time we did a night walk we were in a group of about 10 with a group in front and a group behind and saw nix.
This time....!
Three little spotted kiwi, quietly poking around leaf litter and no bothered by us with our red torches. There's about 1500 of this kiwi species in NZ, so brilliant to see three.
Also: big old tuatara lizard, weta, nesting pied shags, frogs, takahe (once thought extinct, now population about 1000), two pateke ducks (also rare) poking in the mud on the path after the rain, and glow worms all over. Heard kaka and morepoke and learnt the owl (boobock in Australia) has two calls, the onomatopoeic one and the hunting call. Heard both.
Lovely walk. No pics, twas dark.
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