I just witnessed something extremely sobering this morning:

A kōtare outside my flat had the body of a recently-killed tauhou/silvereye in its beak, and was slamming it against a pōhutukawa to make a more bite-sized meal of it. I had no idea kōtare went for other manu

#nzbirds

I've never seen so many tauhou all at once in my life. We left our apple tree alone this year, letting all the fruit hang/fall naturally. The birds have been going crazy over this, particularly tūī, pīwakawaka and tauhou in the last fortnight 🐥

Happy 25th.
Happy second anniversary to the lowest point of my life.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
💛💛💛