We found these little cuties down the gardens with mum last night. We'd gone looking for frogs as we heard a proper frog chorus amongst the irises the other night. No frogs - but ducklings hahaha

Doing the odd extra park walk at the moment. The pūtangitangi babies all came over for a catch up this evening. Love how they shake like dogs getting out of the water! #nzbirds
The gratuitous duck content won't last much longer, these guys should fledge in the next 3 days. And the wings are ready!

Here's a nice one. I love that you can see her? little neck and bill through the gloom 🥹 #nzbirds

Then we followed Parry Mum over to where the fledglings were entertaining themselves in the butterfly garden. Not sure where Dad was this morning! Hope he's okay. #nzbirds
The gardens staff were also trying to grab the Canadian geese that have colonised and are quite aggro. No dice 😂

It was all go down the park this morning - we found Goldie! Goldie was stuck in a wee trench with her sibling. Then they bravely traversed a fairly long, dark pipe and popped out to mum.
Unfortunately right after this Parry Mum had a go at them and they all galloped back into the pipe #nzbirds

Here are our sweet little duck whānau noodling around on the pond this morning. They're so beautiful! And getting so good at diving now. Darling little things.
I was recounting the shag drama to another walker today who was absolutely outraged 😂😂

Pūtangitangi family update! I'm pretty sure a couple show off their wings in this video and they're getting really large! I can absolutely see these little dudes flying away soon. #nzbirds
They're really loving the rose garden at the moment. Unconfirmed as yet but they're maybe 5 girls/ 1 boy. (!!!)

Already got these grass stained when I laid down under a willow tree. Worth it though because look at these little cuties that immediately popped up!! #nzbirds

I parked myself in the grass this morning and these four pūtangitangi babies came right up to me. I appreciated the opportunity to get a good look at their incoming feathers. This one loafing in the grass at the start, plus the one closest to it, I think are females with their reddish necks #nzbirds

Our little pūtangitangi mates were sleeping on the cycle path when we arrived this morning 😂 soon afterwards, they started climbing the steps which was just very cute.
Shortly after this they had a run in with the Canada geese after Daddy pūtangitangi provoked them #nzbirds

Yesterday we went to the gardens later than usual and found our little pūtangitangi mates dabbling about in the front pond. They've got quite a range going now!
By my calculations they're 49-50 days old. They should fledge at 55-60 days old 👀 #nzbirds

This morning, I thought the ducklings might have fledged because we couldn't find them in their usual spot. But no, they just traded up to the rose garden!! 🌱🇳🇿 #nzbirds

Toni received a brand new box today today and she's so excited 😅🇳🇿🐱