Bird strikes!

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what's left of the old industrial part of town nearby:
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The last drive of the year

from my overnight tramp in the Matukituki Valley, Central Otago, New Zealand.
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The Rob Roy glacier
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the endemic Kea. An adult aon the left and a chick
Kea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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They have no fear and come right up to you.

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a drawing in our hut
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a kea trying to get the rubber window seals for its nest. they'll strip your car and steal your boots too!
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the valley floor on the tramp back
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passing lake wanaka on the drive home
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Hey mAd924... I don't have an IMAX screen to view your pix. :) Anyway you can scale them down a bit?

lol. sorry. i uploaded from the raw pics folder, not the resized one. pse give me a few mins...

[edit]fixed!

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I would love to own an old building like those..

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I know a car like this is no big deal in many parts of the country. However, around here it's a rare sighting.

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And with Handi-capped plates no less.

kach22i, Bugs are a big deal...



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some more old downtown buildings...the wife and I went ghost hunting, she likes that sort of thing

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back of my building in vernon.

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date inscribed in brick, upper left.
i know, i should paint the trim.

A few fungi that I spotted after a big rain this weekend. (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
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Crappy cell phone picture (Momo/'86 911 and e39 Dinan5)

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Carrera and Oregon in Nov
 

Been there too... Sorry, not clean after three and a half days of driving.

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