Back in September I wrote about a very short visit that I had to Bushy Park while attending the PSNZ Central Regional Convention. I said at the time I was going back and I did! My husband and I have just returned home after spending two nights at the Bushy Park Homestead and two days […]
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As a “Frequent Flyer” at Zealandia, I purchase a yearly membership so I can visit as often as I want. This means if the weather shows promise that is one of my regular destinations for photographing birds. I can go as far as I want into the valley, or not very far at all and
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Over the years I have been asked by many people if I sold postcards, greeting cards and such like with my images on. Until now I have had to say “sorry no”. Finally I have put some effort into sorting my images and putting them onto some products.I started with the NZ Dotterel postcards due
My mother was staying for a few days so I took her to Waikanae to see what the birds were doing there. It’s a great place when you can’t walk too far, just jump out of the car and you are there! The first bird I spotted that was of interest was a shag busy
This weekend I was supposed to be in Queenstown at the PSNZ National Convention. Unfortunately circumstances prevented me from attending, but it got me thinking this morning about the last time I was in the South Island at a National Convention a couple of years ago. It was hosted in Blenheim and my favourite image
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The kingfishers were playing hide and seek, they hid and waited for us to decide to leave before they came out to play. Not a fun game but they seemed to be amused. They all started flying over our heads once we got to the car ready to go. However the royal spoonbills decided to
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Yesterday the weather was lovely after work, so I headed to the inlet to spend some time with the kingfishers. For an hour I sat there and watched them play in the distance before they came even remotely close enough to photograph but I was happy to sit, watch and wait.I counted five kingfishers out
When I head to the kingfishers I know there is going to be a long waiting period before I see them. They don’t just rush out to greet me when I arrive, they do the opposite. I sometimes sit in my hide for up to an hour before they come out to play. This is
The sun was shining this afternoon and even though there were a few clouds about, I headed over to the kingfishers. I waited and waited and didn’t see a single kingfisher the entire time I was there. I did hear one call out a few times but it didn’t come down out of the trees.
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I headed back to the inlet this afternoon in the hope getting some more kingfisher shots. I still am not satisfied with what I have got and will continue to strive to improve until I am. I love a good challenge! I decided to back off a bit in distance from where I usually sit
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