It’s easy to tell how close to Christmas we are by what the tūī are getting into. Right now it’s the Taiwanese cherry. Soon it will be the kōwhai. Then the harakeke. And after that it will be the pōhutukawa and you know what that means… 🪶🇳🇿
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We noticed heaps of Pōhutukawa in bloom in Auckland a couple of weeks ago
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Whaaaat? Are you sure they weren’t rātā?
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Kermadec species? Flowers intermittently and at different times to our mainland species.
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Great photo!
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Thanks Ess! ❤️❤️
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We had 6 Tūi chasing each other between Aloe Speciosa flowers and a kōwhai that's already flowering today. Great to watch.
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Awesome!! The tree I was photographing today must have had over 20 in it. Normally they are extremely territorial but today they all seemed far too busy having a feast to worry about each other!
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😍
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What a photo! 😍
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Thanks AJ!! These are extremely tricky birds to expose well. 😎
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SSSHHHHHH!
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Lol. I love this. Beautiful photo.
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My Tui tree is ablaze with colour right now & the silvereyes are having a party.
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