Story: Wetland birds All images & media From page 1 – Wetlands and their birds Wetland in pre-human times New Zealand wetland birds Finsch’s duck Wetland restoration From page 2 – Grebes and dabchicks Distribution of crested grebe, dabchick and little grebe Australasian crested grebe nest New Zealand dabchick preening Dabchick adults with chick From page 3 – Bitterns and spoonbills Distribution of Australasian bittern and royal spoonbill Australasian bittern Bittern nest with chicks Royal spoonbills at Manukau Harbour Royal spoonbill nests From page 4 – Black swans Distribution of black swans Black swans on Lake Ellesmere Black swan on nest Black swan with cygnets From page 5 – Paradise shelducks – pūtangitangi Distribution of paradise shelduck Male and female paradise shelduck Paradise shelducks in town Paradise shelduck nest with eggs (1st of 2) Paradise ducklings (2nd of 2) From page 6 – Whio – blue ducks Distribution of whio Whio in turbulent water Whio bill Whio (blue duck) feeding Releasing whio From page 7 – Teal Distribution of brown teal and grey teal Releasing brown teal Auckland Island teal (1st of 3) Campbell Island teal (2nd of 3) Releasing Campbell Island teal (3rd of 3) Grey teal From page 8 – Grey ducks, shovelers and scaup Distribution of grey duck, shoveler and scaup Grey duck Australasian shoveler New Zealand scaup male Scaup diving From page 9 – Rails and crakes Distribution of banded rail, spotless crake and marsh crake Banded rail on nest with eggs Auckland Island rail Spotless crake Marsh crake From page 10 – Pūkeko and Australian coots Distribution of pūkeko and Australian coot Pūkeko family Pūkeko kitsch Australian coot on nest Australian coot and chick From page 11 – Kingfishers and fernbirds – wetland margins Distribution of kingfisher and fernbird Kingfisher in flight Kingfisher with lizard Kingfisher at nest hole Fernbird with chicks
