Nooooo, it's a tui singing!
Although they still advertise dial-up on TV over here.
But back to today's topic... It's a truly wonderful day, and after all the rain we've been getting, it would be a sin to stay indoors.
And when I go out, I take my camera...
...just to take a few pics, you know, if I see something truly amazing...
...by no means do I take over 40 photos during my 20 minute walks up and down the road...
...it's 39 photos *cough*.
Besides, I blame it all on my alter ego!
Let's have a look at the photos then.
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Wild lilies (?) in bloom all along the roadside, in white, pink...
...and orange.
A kingfisher! I never saw one back home, but there's plenty in NZ.
A fat & happy bumblebee.
Auckland central smells kinda like the armpit of NZ,but the view from Waitakere almost makes up for it :D
Really awesome vegetation.Mind you, NZ is so very green because it rains all the friggin' time.
A tui eating nectar from a pohutukawa tree .Back on the subject of tuis, I have mentioned them before in my blog dedicated to The Kererū.
What I forgot to mention then is that tuis are kinda special, too... If you consider aggressive and completely nuts special, that is.
Besides the fact that the noises they make are sooo far out (computer/electronic noises, chirps and screams), they are also the biggest bullies in the world of birds. And the reason is alcohol.
That's right, alcohol.
Here's a short copy-paste from Wikipedia:
"... nectar sometimes ferments, resulting in the Tui flying in a fashion that suggests that they might be drunk. ... Male Tui can be extremely aggressive, chasing all other birds (large and small) from their territory with loud flapping and sounds akin to rude human speech. ... They have even been known to mob harriers and magpies. ..."
Magpies?! They're twice the size of tuis!
They don't stop at birds though, sometimes they fly dangerously close to my head as well, trying to get some sort of a a message through.
Here are two videos (not mine this time).
The first one is a video of a tui talking - I just love it how it mimics the person's thick Kiwi accent and even cough!
The second one is a video of tui singing like a little drunk robot.
Pics taken by moi, October 2009
What I forgot to mention then is that tuis are kinda special, too... If you consider aggressive and completely nuts special, that is.
Besides the fact that the noises they make are sooo far out (computer/electronic noises, chirps and screams), they are also the biggest bullies in the world of birds. And the reason is alcohol.
That's right, alcohol.
Here's a short copy-paste from Wikipedia:
"... nectar sometimes ferments, resulting in the Tui flying in a fashion that suggests that they might be drunk. ... Male Tui can be extremely aggressive, chasing all other birds (large and small) from their territory with loud flapping and sounds akin to rude human speech. ... They have even been known to mob harriers and magpies. ..."
Magpies?! They're twice the size of tuis!
They don't stop at birds though, sometimes they fly dangerously close to my head as well, trying to get some sort of a a message through.
Here are two videos (not mine this time).
The first one is a video of a tui talking - I just love it how it mimics the person's thick Kiwi accent and even cough!
The second one is a video of tui singing like a little drunk robot.
Pics taken by moi, October 2009
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