Today was not a birding day at all, as it was my first time visiting Ben since he moved out to New Zealand almost six months ago. We took a late morning breakfast on the beach, and then spent the rest of the day preparing for our trip to the Fiordland National Park that evening. Still, we found some time to get to the Orokonui Ecosanctuary just outside of Dunedin, a place aiming to restore New Zealands native flora and fauna in a protected reserve. The reserve is most famous for its resident pair of Takahe, but sadly we did not see them during our time there. We did have excellent views of the New Zealand Pigeon on our walk around, and in one of the enclosures we spotted the Otago Skink.
In the evening we set off on our road trip to the town of Lumsden,
two-thirds of the way to our final destination of Fiordland National Park, we
eventually arrived after nightfall and set up camp there.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary: New Zealand Pigeon, Tui, New Zealand Bellbird, South Island Robin, Welcome Swallow, Common Blackbird, House Sparrow, Lesser Redpoll,
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