Her old camera is kinda busted. It wont work on one lens and the LED screen isn't working very well at all.
The weather was nice in Dunedin but there was a lingering fast moving cloud in the mountain where the Eco-sanctuary is. It was actually quite cool to look at.
The birds were all amazing today. We decided to get yearly passes meaning we can now visit whenever we feel like it. The Tui's, Bellbird's and especially the Kaka's were at the bird feeders, and none seemed to mind humans much at all. Sabine stood on a rock near one feeder and one cheeky Kaka landed on her shoulder and stayed there for ages! It kept rubbing its head on her shoulder and then preening. It was such a cutie! Later I also saw a Red Poll and even saw a Rosella out the corner of my eye as it flew off.
After walking around we had a hot chocky at the cafe and I finally ate what they call a lolly cake. I've been eyeing these thingies up for a while now. It was okay I guess. Its a cake with hard marshmallows in it with a coconut topping. Sabines cake was a winner though. A carrot, beetroot and elderflower cake. Much better than mine. We heard some people talk about how they saw kingfishers at Allans Beach, so we inquired and headed there.
The GPS took us to the peninsular and up to this beach via gravel roads. It was an interesting ride but probably bad for the car. The beach itself was vast and quite a few tourists were parked there.
The wind was picking up the sandy beach too much. There were three sea lions but no kingfishers. Its been windy all day so I guess that couldn't be helped.
On the way back we decided to drive a different route via Portabello, and sure enough on that stretch of road we saw kingfishers on the telegraph wires. At least 2 of them. Didn't get a chance to photograph them though.
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