November Road Trip with a Group of Photographers
Four photographers braved the bad weather and took a road trip to Whanganui with their cameras.
A Weekend Visit to Brisbane
It sounds very decadent, flying to Brisbane just for the weekend, and it was, but I got to spend some quality time with my son and grandsons, and the birds in their back yard.
Tui Still Visiting Our Garden
The tui are still visiting our garden, even after the kowhai flowers are finished. The red-hot pokers are still providing nectar for them to drink.
Tui Bliss
October is my favourite month to photograph the birds in my garden. It is generally when most of the local kowhai trees have finished flowering and our trees come into bloom.
kākāriki karaka
Yesterday at Pukaha National Wildlife Centre, I managed to tick another bird off my wish list. Before now I had never seen a orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka and it wasn’t from lack of effort.
The Birds in My Garden
Continuing on from my last post about attracting birds into the garden, I can now tell you that after two weeks of work around the garden, I have almost instant success. We have had a few trees removed after being damaged in the strong winds, and have pruned back some others allowing for more bird friendly plants.
Attracting Birds to Your Garden
I don’t always have the time or the energy to go out looking for birds to photograph all the time, but I still want my camera fix as often as possible. So, I have a cunning solution. I get the birds to come to me!
Another tui/kowhai season
Our kowhai trees are still in bud and yet to flower, so the tui are off elsewhere at the moment. A friend and fellow photographer told me they were going crazy over her kowhai tree yesterday, so I jumped in the car, camera in hand, to pay her a visit.
A Day at Auckland Zoo
Last week I flew to Auckland for the announcement of the new G9II, and to return the one I had been using for the last month…
Lumix G9II A Review
Another month has passed without my posting very much on my blog, but this time there is a very special reason. I was busy playing with a new toy!