{"id":14889,"date":"2021-10-31T07:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=14889"},"modified":"2021-10-31T07:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:36:16","slug":"new-zealand-dabchick-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14889","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Dabchick \/ weweia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of New Zealand Dabchick with chick\" class=\"wp-image-14894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>New Zealand Dabchick with chick<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Zealand Dabchick has a number of indigenous names including weweia, totokipio, taihoropi and taratimoho. The Rotorua lakes area has always been a stronghold for them and over the years they seem to be getting more abundant than I remember in the past. The Rotorua lakefront now has a sizeable population and I recently saw a flotilla of 20 birds in one spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8899-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8899-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of New Zealand Dabchick with chick\" class=\"wp-image-14893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8899-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8899-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8899-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dabchick chick riding on the back of a parent. The large feet visible belong to the chick<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This collection of images shows a pair with their 2 young chicks and is just an excuse to celebrate these photogenic little birds again. I have previous written about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Dabchick in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8817-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8817-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Dabchick family group with a parent feeding a chick\" class=\"wp-image-14892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8817-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8817-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8817-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dabchick family group with a parent feeding a chick<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8806-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8806-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing Dabchick parent wing stretch after preening\" class=\"wp-image-14891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8806-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8806-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8806-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dabchick parent wing stretch after preening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_9068-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_9068-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Dabchick and chick surfing the wind chop\" class=\"wp-image-14895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_9068-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_9068-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_9068-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dabchick and chick surfing the wind chop, Lake Rotorua<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos with Nikon D500 and Nikkor 500mm f5.6PF lens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand Dabchick has a number of indigenous names including weweia, totokipio, taihoropi and taratimoho. The Rotorua lakes area has always been a stronghold for them and over the years they seem to be getting more abundant than I remember in the past. 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