Here are our sweet little duck whānau noodling around on the pond this morning. They're so beautiful! And getting so good at diving now. Darling little things.
I was recounting the shag drama to another walker today who was absolutely outraged 😂😂

Pūtangitangi family update! I'm pretty sure a couple show off their wings in this video and they're getting really large! I can absolutely see these little dudes flying away soon. #nzbirds
They're really loving the rose garden at the moment. Unconfirmed as yet but they're maybe 5 girls/ 1 boy. (!!!)

Already got these grass stained when I laid down under a willow tree. Worth it though because look at these little cuties that immediately popped up!! #nzbirds

I parked myself in the grass this morning and these four pūtangitangi babies came right up to me. I appreciated the opportunity to get a good look at their incoming feathers. This one loafing in the grass at the start, plus the one closest to it, I think are females with their reddish necks #nzbirds

Our little pūtangitangi mates were sleeping on the cycle path when we arrived this morning 😂 soon afterwards, they started climbing the steps which was just very cute.
Shortly after this they had a run in with the Canada geese after Daddy pūtangitangi provoked them #nzbirds

Yesterday we went to the gardens later than usual and found our little pūtangitangi mates dabbling about in the front pond. They've got quite a range going now!
By my calculations they're 49-50 days old. They should fledge at 55-60 days old 👀 #nzbirds

This morning, I thought the ducklings might have fledged because we couldn't find them in their usual spot. But no, they just traded up to the rose garden!! 🌱🇳🇿 #nzbirds

Toni received a brand new box today today and she's so excited 😅🇳🇿🐱

I nearly didn't recognise the pūtangitangi family this morning because they're just so Big! Plus they were in a different spot. I think one or two still look vaguely striped if you squint. Love the old toddle-toddle-plop #nzbirds

I fear my apricot is about to look like the broom and kānuka down at the Nuggets (if you look closely, the apricots themselves are doing a miraculous job of hanging on).

*Only Papatuanuku herself is allowed to judge my weeds. 🌱🇳🇿

And here are the pūtangitangi! This morning they were drifting in and out of cuddle puddle mode, between grazing. They absolutely love harassing each other but also cuddling #nzbirds
I bet that spot of ground they all lay in gets so warm 😂😂

Duckposting. First, the non pūtangitangi ducks of the park. There are several little clans. This first enthusiastic little chap by the carpark was so cute with mum lolloping along behind 😂 #nzbirds
There's a sweet grey teal duckling too.

Eddie has kindly edited my duckposting video down to a single minute so you can watch the little darlings waking up! We caught them just in time this morning, snuggled in one of the rhododendron beds. Dad's method of getting them out of bed is um. Not subtle. #nzbirds