Site Report: Queenstown

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) - Juvenile

New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)

Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)

Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata) - Female

Black-billed Gull (Larus bulleri)

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)

Touristy town on the South Island of New Zealand.

2012-01-08: We took the ferry and boat combo from Stewart Island to Queenstown in order to pick up our rental car. Queenstown is the kind of place that would be really great had you just returned from an epic hike in the third world jungle. There are many restaurants and roving bands of newly minted drinkers. On its own merits, however, I found it a place barely worth a one night stop despite the nice scenery. I was quite annoyed to spend $10 on disk rentals for disk golf only to find that half of the course was missing.

Kingdom: Animals (7 records)

Phylum: Chordates (7 records)

Class: Birds (7 records)

Order: Anseriformes (3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)

Order: Perching Birds (1 record)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)