Before starting the Queen Charlotte Track, our water taxi dropped us off at Motuara Island for a short visit.
Motuara island is a predator free haven (as it says in the brochure for the water taxi!) for native birds. One of these native birds is the Little Blue Penguin, an endangered species, that nests on the island. There were several green nesting boxes on the island, a couple of them with signs telling you what was likely to be inside. I carefully lifted the lid on one and was delighted to find two eggs!
I didn’t see any actual baby penguins, but I was still very excited to see the eggs. However judging by the amount of feathers in one box I think they must be very well used by the local population of Little Blue Penguins.
The animals of Christchurch 