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\"Resting<\/a>
Resting up just after entering the forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Southern Rata Forest on Enderby Island occupies the south eastern corner which is most sheltered from the prevailing winds. Despite this the seaward side has a fringe\u00a0dead trees from weather damage which now provide some protection to the living trees. Entering the forest is a little like wandering onto a movie set and it would not seem surprising if a fairy fluttered down next to you. The scene of wind-twisted and intertwined trunks with an understory of ferns and megaherbs dusted with crimson rata blossoms is almost\u00a0as alien-looking as\u00a0a scene from Avatar. Adding in dozing Sea Lions and the occasional forest-nesting Yellow-eyed Penguin compounded the surreal feeling. Fortunately fluttering Auckland Island Tomtits and Red-fronted Parakeets kept us feeling at least a little orientated to planet Earth.<\/p>\n

\"Red-fronted<\/a>
Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novazelandiae<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Auckland<\/a>
Auckland Island Tomtit (Petroica\u00a0<\/em>macrocephala marrineri<\/i>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata<\/em>) is related to the Pohutukawa, New Zealand’s much loved “Christmas tree” which offers it’s crimson blossoms as a celebration of summer. The Rata flowers at the same time and extends from Northland and the Coromandel down to the Auckland Islands where it forms New Zealand’s southernmost forest.<\/p>\n

\"Contorted<\/a>
Contorted trunks with an understory of Stilbocarpa and ferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shortly after entering the forest we stopped for a brief break and I found a Red-crowned Parakeet nest hole when the male flew down and then had the female follow him up into the canopy were he proceeded to feed her as part of their courtship ritual. I would have happily spent a few hours staking out the nest hole for more photos but we had still a fair distance to cover including the most challenging final tussock fields. Having recently visited, Edin was confident guiding a small group of us through the forest and managed to locate Parakeet, Yellow-eyed Penguin and Giant Petrel nests for us.<\/p>\n

\"Edin<\/a>
Edin at\u00a0the Parakeet nest hole she found<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Parakeet<\/a>
Parakeet nest hole with some shed feathers identifying the recent occupants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yellow-eyed<\/a>
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes<\/em>) with chick in the nest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Heading<\/a>
Heading down from the Southern Rata forest toward the sea with Paul Charman and Debra-Rose Christensen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our companions on the hike through the forest were Paul Charman and Debra-Rose Christensen who we had first met walking up to the Southland Museum on the first day of our adventure. Paul is a writer for the New Zealand Herald and this was his third trip to the Subantarctics. Reading his subsequent articles has been a nice reminder of the adventure we shared. Here is one of his articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Edin<\/a>
Edin leaving the forest through a margin of lush Stilbocarpa and weather damaged Rata to rejoin the southern shore east of Teal Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photos with Nikon D810 and Nikon 200-400 f4 lens, Nikon D3s and Nikon 24-120mm f4 lens or Fuji XT1 with Samyang 8mm f2.8 fisheye lens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Good numbers and areas of relatively open vegetation make it easy to see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"A group of Yellow-eyed Penguins \/ Hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes) pause before crossing the beach at Sandy Bay, Enderby Island","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yellow-eyedPenguins-D85_8036-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yellow-eyedPenguins-D85_8036-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yellow-eyedPenguins-D85_8036-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Yellow-eyedPenguins-D85_8036-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14626,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14626","url_meta":{"origin":5965,"position":5},"title":"Hardwicke Image Analysis","author":"tony","date":"October 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Victoria Tree 2020 version 2 Last week I wrote about my struggle to find an image of the Victoria Tree at the historical Harwicke settlement at Erebus Cove on Auckland Island. 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