I like Stephen Fry. I just hope you're not talking about the manic-depressive way
That's a beautiful wading bird there at the end. Is it some sort of crane? I can't see the markings, but it didn't look like a heron at first go.
Are snakes a big problem on your hikes? I know that in NZ they're not, typically, but you seem to hike a bit north, too.
I'm trying to remember what the birds were in an Attenborough special on NZ that I was so taken with, but now I can't. Some sort of flightless mountain birds, they were fascinating.