Today I headed off to the wetlands to photograph some of the cutest chicks I know of.  The dabchick is from the grebe family and as they are pretty much a full time water bird, once their chicks hatch they ride on the backs of their parents.  These two chicks were probably the smallest dabchick […]

On my last trip to Coromandel, in between visits to the tern and gulls, we went for a drive over to Kuaotunu to see if there were still some dotterels there.  We stopped at one spot where we have been previously and found one pair with a couple of  older chicks. The weather had turned […]

I went back to see the spotless crake again this morning.  I wanted one more go at them before turning my attention to something else.  I have to admit I was disappointed when I got there to find that most of the foliage along the edge of the pond that I was stealthily hiding behind […]