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We have a small flock of eastern rosella that are frequently in our garden. We often see or hear them flying through the garden or hear them chattering away to each other within our large puriri tree.  They are very chatty birds and have a wide rang of calls. They are also very alert and can be difficult to get close to and photograph.  At this time of year they are regularly seen feeding on flax seeds. For the last few weeks I have regularly seen them feeding in the flax on the s …

It's still officially winter, but the cherries have blossomed early and it seems like spring. The garden is full of birds with 30 or 40 tui in the cherry trees drinking nectar and chasing each other around. The tui are very territorial and defend the cherry trees chasing other birds out. A game of chase has developed between the tui and the silvereye.The tui tend to feed in the top of the tree and the silvereye keep sneaking into the bottom branches until the tui spot them and chase them out. Th …

Here's a collection of birds spotted in our garden this week. The eastern rosellas are getting easier to spot now that the leaves have fallen. During summer we see them flying between trees and then just here them chattering away out of site so I was really pleased to get these shots of them in the top of our golden elm.  The pheasant has been particularly difficult to photograph. He's very wary, any hint of a movement to pick up a camera and he's off so I was really thrilled when I got thi …

I managed to get these stunning shots of some eastern rosella yesterday when they landed in the top of a golden elm just off the corner of our house. I heard them chattering away so raced upstairs with my camera and was able to get a clear view of this pair from our bedroom window.Eastern rosella have now become well established in Taranaki following their introduction in Auckland (around 1920) and in Wellington (around 1960).  We have been seeing them increasingly in our garden with a smal …