Kereru

This afternoon I had to go up to Nelson for a catch up with my dentist.  I am now $1,000 poorer but my root canal is completed.  And of course I've been dribbling all the way home - well I've felt like I was as the anesthetic wore off.

On the way there I stopped in at the honey place at Korere to pick up a jar of honey for him (he was saying on my last visit that he likes their brand).  As I got out of the car I noticed this kereru feeding off the new shoots in the kowhai tree.  

Now I know that many people aren't fussed on pigeons, but these are not the urban rats you find in cities.  These are three times the size; huge fat woodpigeons.  They are beautiful.

I like the way he's feeding on the green shoots of the native tree with the autumn colour of the introduced tree behind him.