Blue Ducks at Pegleg Creek
May 16th 2012 Another short birdy trip out of Hokitika, this time for blue ducks, a pair of which had been seen recently on Pegleg Creek up the top of Arthur's Pass. Blue duck or whio (their Maori name, after the whistling call they make) are one of the few ducks specifically adapted for life in white-water rapids and, like most endemic birds of New Zealand, they are now endangered. There are a couple of sp
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