French Polynesia Adventure
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The island of Moorea
across the bay from the InterContinental Hotel on Tahiti. |
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Birding at the shrimp farm
on Moorea with Frank Murphy where
we saw Pacific Black Duck on 19 November 2010. |
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Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa at the shrimp farm. 19 November 2010 |
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Endemic Gray-green
Fruit-Dove at a belvedere on Moorea. 18 November 2010 |
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Endemic Tahiti Kingfisher Halcyon
venerata youngi the Moorea subspecies at the Marae Tetiiroa
archaeological site, which differs from the Tahiti
Kingfisher on Tahiti by being brown above lacking green and not
having a breast band. 19 November 2010. |
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Endemic Tahiti
Kingfisher Halcyon venerata venerata, the subspecies
on Tahiti in the Papenoo Valley on 4 December 2010 |
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Tahiti Chestnut trees
at the Marae Tetiiroa archaeological site have a buttressed trunk and fruit with a seed inside that is eaten
by some birds and was traditional food for people. |
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Vanilla flower |
Breadfruit is an important staple of the
Marquesas. When a child is born a breadfruit tree is planted to be
sure they never are without food. |
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