#kawau

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Inspired by the recent storms, here's a great cormorant facing the wind.

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NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX A1000

ƒ/6.31/16008 mmISO100

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Kawau Bay

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ESCAPING SLOWLY

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Something a little different today! This plaque reads 忍川上橋, or Upper Oshikawa Bridge (or Upper Shinobukawa Bridge, just not at this specific river).

The upper/upstream part comes from 川上 [かわかみ]. (Remember 川下 [かわしも], meaning downstream, from yesterday?) Plus, 川上 can also be a surname, usually read Kawakami, rarely Kawaue or Kawanoue.

忍 is new to this blog, but you might know it from words like 忍者 ninja. It means to endure or bear, or to conceal, sneak, or spy. It's read しの.ぶ, しの.ばせる, or ニン. The radicals are 刃 blade/edge and 心 heart/mind.

川 means river. It's read かわ or セン.

上 means up, above, or raise. It has lots of readings, which I've broken down by meaning here.

橋 means bridge. It’s read はし or キョウ.

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Riverhead Ferry's Kawau Isle seen alongside at Riverhead.

Constructed in 1952 by Roy Lidgard as a traditional kauri motor launch, she was launched on the Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island.

She spent 30 years running between Sandspit and Kawau before purportedly running as a school ferry in Whangārei.

In 1987, she was bought up to the Bay of Islands and became the original Blue Ferry, which competed with the newly merged Fullers / Mt. Cook (Northland) ferry service. She very quickly found herself in fierce competition with Waimarie, and when Fullers Corporation (now Fullers360) was bought out from the Fuller family, she was returned to Auckland.

For a brief period in 1990-91, she was back at Kawau, but this did not last. Finally, in 2003, she was bought by Paul Meyer and his partner, who ran her as the Riverhead ferry. Although they sold the business in 2019, Kawau Isle continues to sail faithfully between Auckland and Riverhead.

Of particular note, when she left the Bay of Islands, she was replaced by Miss Knoxie, which, as MV Hogwash currently runs between downtown and Wynyard Quarter and prior to that ran to Riverhead as well.

With thanks to @tau9 <3 for joining me.

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What if squid squad got sanitized? + how they got sanitized and name meaning

Okay so they were on the deep sea metro for a performance and suddenly someone fell through the roof of the train and pop their sanitized now erjghqrekfheqrkj

Yaketa (Namida) Yaketa comes from the Japanese word “Burnt”, Namidas name means tears which Japanese chefs use to describe wasabi and another way to describe something spicy is by the feeling that your tongue is burning, hence the name Yaketa

Kurai (Ichiya) comes from the Japanese word for “Dark”, Ichihara name is based off the nighttime (I think?) and the nighttime is dark (get it?)

Chumon (Ikkan) I’m pretty sure his name ikkan means 2 things that don’t go together (I’m not sure….?) but Chumon means Order in Japanese so it’s like the opposite

Kawau (Murasaki) comes from the Japanese name for a otter, since a sea urchins natural enemy is a otter (according to Google)

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INKTOBIRDSNZ DAY 13-16

Day 13: Pūtangitangi/Paradise Shelduck

Day 14: Tarāpuka/Black-Billed Gull

Day 15: Matuku Moana/White-Faced Heron

Day 16: Kawau Tuī/Little Black Shag

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Wildlife of Aotearoa: Tūī, Kawau, Tuatara, Kākā, Takahē, Koera, and another Kawau

Canon EOS Rebel 800D, EFS 55-250mm IS & EFS 18-55mm IS lenses

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#1987 - Phalacrocorax carbo - Great Black Cormorant

Photo by JJ Harrison, Wikipedia

AKA the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India. Native to large parts of the Old World, the Atlantic coast of North America, and Australasia. The scientific name is Latinised Ancient Greek, from phalakros ("bald"), korax, ("raven"), and the Latin carbo for "charcoal". The common name for the birds is a derivation from medieval Latin corvus marinus meaning ‘sea raven’. Five subspecies are recognised, although some authors promote them to full species in a species complex.

Most fond of permanent freshwater, but also frequents estuaries and inlets, where they can swim down at least 35m to feed on bottom-dwelling fish, amphibians, and invertebrates.

Breeding colonies may number 20,000 birds, and pairs return to the same site each year.

In many parts of the world, cormorants are considered competitors for fish, and were hunted to near extinction. Elsewhere, their fishing skills were put to use - a ring fitted around the neck to prevent them swallowing larger prey, which the fisherman could remove by opening the beak. In Norway the birds are hunted for food, despite being considered semi-sacred and in some legends the spirits of those lost far out to sea.

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Orange Records - Variété design by Yuko Kawaue and Tomonao Tanaka under the Gouache label

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NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX A1000

ƒ/6.31/16008 mmISO100

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Scandrett Regional Park, as close as I could get to Mullet Point, looking at Kawau Bay

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RETREAT TO AUCKLAND

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Wallaby de Parma - On pensait l’espèce éteinte à la fin du XIX siècle. Mais en 1965, une population fut découverte sur l’île de Kawau, près d'Auckland en Nouvelle Zélande, puis une autre 2 ans plus tard dans les forêts du New South Wales en Australie.

Lieu : Zoo de Lille