Dead bird remains. Plucked? Karearea kill?
Same location as
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/219697898
and
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/236242288
and another drowned bird. I am wondering whether the Karearea has been operating in the area for a while and was responsible for the two dead birds found in a barrel of water - maybe stunned by a Karearea dropping on them while trying to drink from the barrel, and subsequently drowning in the barrel.
There is a pair of these hanging around. They are phenomenal hunters
From a 2017 trip.
Two present.
Eating kowhai flowers