24 February 2015

Curious miromiro


On my way down the No. 1 Line track a couple of days ago I stopped to try to photograph a riroriro (grey warbler) — an exercise in frustration (I did manage some passable photographs, though). Soon after I began the attempt, this little miromiro (North Island tomtit, and yes those names are very similar) showed up. The mottling on her head suggests she's a juvenile.



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7 comments:

Relatively Retiring said...

Absolutely charming, and obviously finding you equally interesting.

Helen said...

Thanks for your patience and skill - I haven't knowingly seen a miromiro in the flesh, do enjoy the song and activity of riroriro. So difficult to photograph! I have taken the liberty of tweeting a link.

pohanginapete said...

RR, they do seem curious — they seem to make a point of spending a few minutes checking me out before losing interest and carrying on with their clearly more interesting lives elsewhere.

Helen, thank you, and I hope you do get a chance to see miromiro some time. They're delightful little birds.

Zhoen said...

Curiouser and curiouser.

pohanginapete said...

Zhoen — a miromiro called Alice? Now I'm beginning to wonder which character I might be. The (Mad) Hatter, maybe?

Zhoen said...

Caterpillar, maybe? Cheshire Cat, probably.

pohanginapete said...

:) — or should that just be ) ?