The thing we notice the most from our hikes in the wilderness is the silence, when I stop talking long enough to take a breath. We rarely hear birds chirping, there are no snakes in New Zealand and we haven’t seen any lizards at all. We haven’t come across a Kiwi and not likely too, and have seen only 2 Weka birds - NZ answer to the Aussie Bush Turkey, and friendly Fantails which “cheet cheet” as they fly around and follow you. Little finches and sparrows are common, and so are comorant and seagull sea birds.
We are enjoing the variety of mushrooms of all things....even saw a purple one.
And.... I found what I like to think is the New Zealand Silver Fern. I know they are prevailant in the Abel Tasman NP, so I am claiming it, it is green one side and silver underneath
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