This post is a contribution by Patrick Lam.
Patrick likes seeing Kākā out the window in Pōneke.
Photo copyright © Patrick Lam, 2022.
The Kawau Pāteketeke (New Zealand King Shag, Leucocarbo carunculatus) is endemic to the Marlborough Sounds of Aotearoa New Zealand. After tramping the Queen Charlotte Track from Ship Cove back to Anakiwa and getting back to Picton, we then took a boat ride all the way back out to Motuara Island, seeing these birds along the way. You can see a bunch of “regular” Kawau Tikitiki (Spotted Shags) on the rocks, hanging around, and then the Kawau Pāteketeke comes stomping up the rock and takes its rightful place.
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