👏🍾🥳The Small Press Network’s Book of the Year shortlist is out! I was a judge this year, and was honestly blown away by these seven books. Reading each one felt like a little thrilling discovery. Congratulations to all the authors, artists and publishers! #indpubcon #BOTY2020

Baby pied stilts scientifically proven to be the cutest. #birds #NewZealand #BOTY2020

By popular request (one of you asked), here is another tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) in the flax from the Hutt River banks.

#nzbirds #nzhellhole #birdtonic #NaturePhotography #nature #BirdOfTheYear2020 #birdphotography #birdwatching #hutt #hutt valley #BOTY2020 #tui

Vote.

Forest & Bird #birds #BirdOfTheYear #BOTY2020 #NewZealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) on a flax flower. It makes a refreshing change from #tui in a kowhai tree. Iconic tui spam. I hope you've all voted - & not for this posing camera hog.

#nzbirds #birdwatching #hutt #birdtonic #NaturePhotography #nature #nzwildlife #BOTY2020

Incubation in Banded Dotterels takes ~28 days and their three-egg clutch represents ~60% of a female's body weight. This female patiently incubates at sunset waiting for her mate to take over the night shift. Vote for Bandies: birdoftheyear.org.nz #BOTY2020 #waders #shorebirds

【NEWS】「輝く！日本バイクオブザイヤー2020表彰式」が終わりました。大賞は、ホンダ「CT125ハンターカブ」でした！ おめでとうございます🎊

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We’ve hit the first milestone of the season, over 100 #hihi eggs on #TiritiriMatangi already! #votehihi #BOTY2020

Kõtuku ngutupapa - Royal Spoonbill my choice for BOTY2020.
The first Royal Spoonbill recorded by a colonial observer was in Castlepoint after members of the local iwi bought it to his attention when they referred to it as a Kõtuku ngutupapa.
@SpoonTimeBabey

Competition for New Zealand's Bird of the Year can get pretty intense. Yes, the formidable kererū has won before (in 2018) but - in the interests of facts - we should point out that voting continues until 15 November #BOTY2020 #BYALOT

Everything is about balance .
Our wetlands are our planets lungs ♥️

#BOTY2020

Vote for the Famous Five!
#VoteBittern and get vaxxed
#matuku
#VoteFernbird #Mātātā
#BrownTeal #pāteke
#SpotlessCrake #pūweto
#CrestedGrebe #pūteketeke
Forest & Bird

Photo credit Jacqui Geux

Remeber to vote orange-fronted parakeet! #birdoftheyear #BOTY2020 Forest & Bird

Little cuddle buddies in the garden. Wax-eyes/tauhou (Zosterops lateralis). Lower Hutt.

#nzbirds #birdwatching #silvereye #nature #NaturePhotography #hutt #hutt valley #BOTY2020 #wildlife #birdtonic #birdphotography #BirdOfTheYear

Thank Te Radar Kevin Hague Forest & Bird
for the mention ;)
@BOTY2020
Vote for the Wetland Alliance !

#boty2020 is even more global this year! Votes for Bird of the Year 2020 were cast from 107 different countries. Overseas votes represented almost 15% of all votes.

Tūī: the original bird of the year.
Sound on ✅ to hear why. Only one more day left to vote. birdoftheyear.org.nz #BOTY2020 #BirdOfTheYear Forest & Bird @AlbanyBiology

Did you know kiwis can run? You'll need to be fast too as voting for Bird of the Year closes at 5pm. There's still time to vote for all 5 kiwis at birdoftheyear.org.nz
#birdoftheyear raises awareness for NZ's beloved birds, 3/4 of which are in serious trouble #boty2020

Make Our Girls Dreams Come True, Secret Number BestAmbasador Of The Year 2020 girlsgroup rookie category.
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So delighted to be shortlisted for #WilliamHill SportsBookOfTheYear2020 my book #BornFighter is in the Top 5. The winner will be announced next month. Best of luck to all!

#BOTY2020 #BookiePrize2020 #RuqsanaBegum #RuqsanaBegum BornFighter #Shortlist2020 #WilliamHill