It was a gorgeous sunny day so we decided to head to Zealandia. It was the first time I have been there without the aid of a crutch or scooter to get around and I was keen to see just how much I could manage. I surprised myself! I walked the Te Mahanga track […]
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A recent family event saw us in Hamilton for a few days. The sought after rain was on it’s way so of course I chose to go to the Hamilton Zoo. I am still not overly mobile so chose to spend most of our time there in the Native Aviary. If you have been
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Every now and then you hear a story that really gets to you and you feel a need to help out in any way you can. Some friends of mine were planning and saving for their wedding when a family tragedy struck and their funds were needed elsewhere. In true kiwi spirit their friends gave
Last Saturday saw us in Napier at the wedding of a couple of friends. It was a very relaxed wedding held in the botanical gardens and I had offered to take some of the wedding photos for them. I was worried that my lack of mobility was going to be a problem but there were
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Yesterday saw us heading to Mana Island with the Hutt Camera Club. It was the first cloudy day we have had in a long while which made it a little cooler for us but in the bush made it a little more challenging to get images of the birds. The birdlife on Mana Island is
Today’s images are from the older chicks which I have to admit were far easier to photograph. Or probably just easier to see because of their size. The camera wouldn’t even focus on the smaller ones but auto focus was working just fine with these cute youngsters. There were two roped off areas fairly close
Last Friday I travelled to Kuaotunu Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula for my cousin’s wedding. It was a beautiful wedding on the reserve next to the beach and it was a great time catching up with family that I haven’t seen in many years along with celebrating the wedding. Of course I took my birding
I have been a bit slack in my processing of late and still have a heap of unprocessed images waiting attention. Today’s images are from two weeks ago so I imagine the chicks are a good deal larger now, if they survived. I have seen hawks hunting above the ponds where the chicks were and
One of the reasons for stopping at this location was to check on the coots. Their chicks are so ugly when they hatch that they are the cutest little things this side of the moon! They have a very bright yellow/orange colouring on their heads for such a short time and most of the chicks
We went to two different locations looking for dabchicks with young, and today’s images are from the second location where the chick was a little bit older. Not having any competition for it’s parent’s attention (or room on Mum’s back) this youngster was very active. It was jumping on and off Mum’s back constantly like
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