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_DSC0357 South Island Tomtit ( Petroica macrocephala )
A endearing and confiding little bush bird.
However not always so, as they will readily make semi wooded areas their home.
As a boy I remember them commonly flitting from stump to stump in open country that had the bush cleared many years before.
Vulnerable to rats, stoats & weasels that predate most nests, yet amazingly they hang on grimly to existence.
The lovely background is compliment of some Oban wild roses.
_DSC0357 South Island Tomtit ( Petroica macrocephala )
A endearing and confiding little bush bird.
However not always so, as they will readily make semi wooded areas their home.
As a boy I remember them commonly flitting from stump to stump in open country that had the bush cleared many years before.
Vulnerable to rats, stoats & weasels that predate most nests, yet amazingly they hang on grimly to existence.
The lovely background is compliment of some Oban wild roses.