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| I love their bright yellow eyes green and red beak and red legs |
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| Life amongst the rushes |
This is what happened on the day when my friend and I came across the little native hens above.
We had just turned around to return to the car when we heard a rustling sound in the rushes followed by a plonking sound in water then the barley perceptible sound of more rustling, we looked at one another and as one began to stalk the sounds, suddenly there was a whir of wings and more sploshes a bit further away and to our great pleasure we could finally see our quarry, Black Tailed Native Hens.
Black Tailed Native Hens are about the size of a chicken you might have in your backyard and are quite a colourful bird, their legs are bright red the eyes are a stunning yellow and the beak has a green upper and red on the lower side and the chest feathers are a beautiful dark blue.
I have seen these nomads in large flocks and have read that they follow the rain so may not be seen in some areas for years at a time. They are a nervous bird and disappear into the undergrowth quietly . There is nothing funnier that a flock of them running and then only when they really have to taking to flight
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| An overall view of the Native Hens home |
My favourite bird watching day. XX
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