From Otaki Today
Trevor Riddle saw a tui. His son, Emmet, a photographer, took some photos. This is Trevor’s story.
An early morning walk through our garden when hunting for rabbits was interrupted by a flash of white through our kowhai trees.
It was mid-September 2020, and the kowhai were in full flower. There were a few tui in the trees at the time. Among them I saw a pure white bird. My immediate reaction was to think a dove had arrived on the scene. I then realised the white bird was in fact a white tui.
Thank you for such a wonderful account of the white Tui.
Not so long ago we saw a white sparrow in our backyard which we were both thrilled to see. Only saw it twice. Despite what Birdsnz say I do not believe seeing a white Tui is common.
They are definitely not common.