{"id":1479,"date":"2021-12-28T10:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2021-12-28T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:18:37","slug":"papakura-stream-birdlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/blog\/2021\/12\/28\/papakura-stream-birdlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Papakura Stream Birdlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Covid made its return to daily life, keeping us confined to our neighbourhood. Fortunately there&#8217;s a path that runs along the shore and beside the local Papakura Stream for our daily exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1498\" data-id=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04897-w-1024x808.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04897-w-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04897-w-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04897-w-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04897-w-850x671.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04897-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1500\" data-id=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04895-w-1024x761.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04895-w-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04895-w-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04895-w-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04895-w-850x632.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04895-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1499\" data-id=\"1499\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04896-w-1024x621.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04896-w-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04896-w-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04896-w-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04896-w-850x516.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04896-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1497\" data-id=\"1497\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04899-w-1024x751.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04899-w-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04899-w-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04899-w-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04899-w-850x623.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04899-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1495\" data-id=\"1495\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04915-w-1024x597.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04915-w-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04915-w-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04915-w-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04915-w-850x495.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04915-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1496\" data-id=\"1496\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04900-w-1024x681.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04900-w-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04900-w-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04900-w-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04900-w-850x565.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04900-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"832\" alt=\"Duck with ducklings\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1493\" data-id=\"1493\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04934-w-1024x832.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04934-w-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04934-w-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04934-w-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04934-w-850x691.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04934-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Duck with ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When spring came we watched as a duck had a massive hatch of 11 ducklings. Gradually this number has dwindled to just one, but it&#8217;s now big enough a month later that it will probably survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"917\" alt=\"Pukeko\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1494\" data-id=\"1494\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04922-w-1024x917.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04922-w-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04922-w-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04922-w-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04922-w-850x761.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04922-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Pukeko<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Pukeko hiding in grass\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1488\" data-id=\"1488\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-1016x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-300x302.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w-850x857.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05007-w.jpg 1488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Pukeko hiding in grass<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There were also families of pukeko. The chicks are very skittish, very fast, and very good at hiding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" alt=\"Pied shags cooling off\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1492\" data-id=\"1492\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04964-w-1024x709.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04964-w-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04964-w-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04964-w-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04964-w-850x588.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04964-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Pied shags cooling off<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"873\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"White-faced heron\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1487\" data-id=\"1487\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w-873x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w-873x1024.jpg 873w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w-768x901.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w-300x352.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w-850x997.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05008-w.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">White-faced heron<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1001\" alt=\"White-faced heron\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1486\" data-id=\"1486\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05012-w-1024x1001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05012-w-1024x1001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05012-w-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05012-w-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05012-w-850x831.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05012-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">White-faced heron<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Very occasionally we have seen a spoonbill, generally when the tide is out and in the distance on the mudflats. Suddenly yesterday there was a whole group of them. Initially they were far out on a sandbank, but as the tide came in they moved to sit in a tree close to us at the end of the Papakura Stream. They look like something Dr Seuss would conjure up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"401\" alt=\"Royal Spoonbills on treetop\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1482\" data-id=\"1482\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05133-w-1024x401.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05133-w-1024x401.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05133-w-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05133-w-768x301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05133-w-850x333.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05133-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Royal Spoonbills on treetop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Royal Spoonbills on treetop\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1481\" data-id=\"1481\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05139-w-1024x427.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05139-w-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05139-w-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05139-w-768x321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05139-w-850x355.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05139-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Royal Spoonbills on treetop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" alt=\"Royal Spoonbills\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1485\" data-id=\"1485\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05122-w-1024x511.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05122-w-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05122-w-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05122-w-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05122-w-850x424.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05122-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Royal Spoonbills<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" alt=\"Royal Spoonbills on treetop\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1484\" data-id=\"1484\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05124-w-1024x526.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05124-w-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05124-w-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05124-w-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05124-w-850x437.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05124-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Royal Spoonbills on treetop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Royal Spoonbills on treetop\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1483\" data-id=\"1483\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05132-w-1024x337.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05132-w-1024x337.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05132-w-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05132-w-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05132-w-850x279.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_05132-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Royal Spoonbills on treetop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The tide goes out <em>very <\/em>quickly, and if you don&#8217;t keep an eye on the time you&#8217;ll get stuck on the mudflats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" alt=\"Stuck on the midflats\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1491\" data-id=\"1491\" src=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04981-w-1024x662.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04981-w-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04981-w-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04981-w-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04981-w-850x550.jpg 850w, https:\/\/deltanine.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RX_04981-w.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Stuck on the 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Fortunately there&#8217;s a path that runs along the shore and beside the local Papakura Stream for our daily exercise. When spring came we watched as a duck had a massive hatch of 11 ducklings. 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