New Zealand Birds

DSC_5999 Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula merula) nestlings begging for food in nest. This highly successful introduced species is the most widely distributed bird in New Zealand, ranging from the coastline to at least 1500m a.s.l., and extending to many of our outlying sub-Antarctic islands. Otago Peninsula

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DSC_5999 Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula merula) nestlings begging for food in nest. This highly successful introduced species is the most widely distributed bird in New Zealand, ranging from the coastline to at least 1500m a.s.l., and extending to many of our outlying sub-Antarctic islands. Otago Peninsula

blackbird chicks DSC 5999 Eurasian Turdus merula nest nestlings otago peninsula