Amateur Birdwatcher Hour, Episode 2 (Christmas Edition)

We’re back for another Amateur Birdwatcher Hour with the Lockbirds, brought to you from the Te Anau Bird Sanctuary, which we visited on Christmas Day. Yes, this strange interest has gotten so out of control that we are now spending our holidays with birds.

You may find that the photos below have a cohesiveness that was decidedly lacking in our first episode, but never fear – we are still amateurs. Without any previous research, we happened to arrive at the bird sanctuary just at feeding time. We got to join a ranger on a tour through the habitats, giving this episode a mistaken appearance of focus and planning.

We think the gods may be encouraging this hobby; our chancing upon the feeding time led us to see several rare birds that we were missing in our photo collection.

*While most of the “facts” here are questionable, this one is most decidedly false.