A Brief Visit to Waikanae
Introducing a new nature photographer to Waikanae, gave an opportunity to capture some beautiful bird images.
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Shags
Queen Elizabeth Park & Waikanae Estuary
Our usual Friday outing was off to an early start this morning as we headed up Transmission Gully to Queen Elizabeth Park wetlands. I find that the water is usually very still and mirror like if we arrive there early enough and it was indeed very still today. However with it being duck shooting season,
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Queen Elizabeth Park
When we go to places we have been at many times before, it becomes a real challenge to photograph something new. Time of day, time of year, even time spent there, all play a part in the choice of subjects to photograph. Today the light was not terrific, and rain threatened for most of our
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In search of titipounamu
Yet another trip to Zealandia this weekend, this time in search of the titipounamu that have recently been released in the sanctuary. Alas this time I didn’t see any but that just makes me more determined to go back and keep on looking. I have never seen one before and now the opportunity is right
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Shagged
Even though I was out looking for kingfishers yesterday, I always look to see what other photographic opportunities are around. While playing the hide and seek game with the kingfisher I noticed a couple of shags. First was a little shag that was busy fishing in the water below me. It wasn’t very successful while
Friday adventures
One of the benefits of working for myself, is that I can give myself a short working week. Fridays are the day I have set aside for my photography. When the weather doesn’t play nice, then I can work on tidying up my images and get on with cataloguing them, but when it is good then
Pekapeka Wetlands – Hastings
The final stop on our way home was the Pekapeka Wetlands. Sometimes there are a lot of birds here and other times next to nothing. I was a little disappointed in this visit but my expectations weren’t high in the first place. There were a few swans but not doing anything to grab my attention. I
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Waimanu Lagoon
Yesterday we made another visit to Waikanae, and the Waimanu Lagoon. Unfortunately someone forgot to send the memo to the birds because when we arrived, there were very few there. I sat and watched a little shag busy diving for dinner. It appeared to be swallowing something most times it surfaced but I had to
More Shore Plovers
I know, it’s a funny looking shore plover, but the reality is that this is all we saw when we arrived and I didn’t want to leave without at least one image for the day. After taking this shot and getting within reaching distance of the car I saw a few dots in the sky. I just
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Zealandia
After meeting the seal yesterday and having changed to my wildlife lens, we decided on a quick trip to Zealandia on the way home. Ok so it wasn’t quite so quick but I did get to see the shag chicks getting fed, some nest building by others in the colony and the scaup in his