Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three!!

Saturday, May 27, 2017

I'm starting this whole testing business a little earlier this year.  Maybe I'll finally work out all the bugs!
 

This guy isn't a kiwi; he's a green heron.  But he's got a long bill!  I'm really excited to see real live kiwis and penguins in the wild!!  Kiwis are nocturnal, though, so we might have to make do with the Franz Josef Wildlife Centre where they have a nocturnal viewing room!

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