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Birdwatcher’s notebook

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Birdwatcher’s notebook

Ornithologist Robert Falla made this sketch of a pair of kingfishers in his notebook. Sketching is a good way to record seasonal changes of plumage and other features or behaviour.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sir Robert Falla Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-504-16

by Robert Falla

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Gordon Ell, Birdwatching – New Zealand’s birdwatching history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/11953/birdwatchers-notebook (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Gordon Ell, published 2 March 2009.