Spring time in the wetlands brings an abundance of photographic opportunities. Yesterday we visited the Queen Elizabeth Park and spent some time at the wetlands there.
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Dabchick, QE Park
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
It was one of those days where the wind stopped and everything was still. We went in search of something to photograph. Our first stop was at the stilt ponds to see how the chicks were doing. Not sure where they were hiding but there were only two to be seen and they were
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Canada Geese, Dabchick, Paradise Shelduck, Pauatahanui, Pied Stilt, QE2 Park
On the way to Havelock North we made a stop at the Pekapeka Wetlands. The last couple of visits here have been disappointing but forever the optimist I keep going back. The paths through the wetlands have been expanded since my last visit and the vegetation has been trimmed back. Both these things have made
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Dabchick, Damselfly, Pekapeka Wetlands, Welcome Swallows
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
I arrived to a quiet empty pond this morning, low cloud and a little wind. The dabchicks were no where to be found. I settled myself down into a place amongst the flax bushes and waited. I actually waited two hours before they showed themselves so kept myself occupied photographing so of the other wildlife
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Dabchick, QE2 Park, Wetland
I went back to the dabchicks this morning in the hope of getting some different shots of them and their antics. Sadly there was a lot of cloud about and a bit of a breeze which made for not so ideal conditions for photography. I tried all the same and did manage a few interesting
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Dabchick, Wetland
In the last few days the bird photography Facebook groups that I am on have exploded with dabchick photos. Every photographer in the area with knowledge of the park has been and photographed the youngsters and their parents. I haven’t been back yet because I am still working my way through culling and processing images
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Dabchick, Wetland
Friday and Saturday mornings were pretty special. The weather was perfect and I got to sit, watch and photograph a dabchick family as they cruised around their pond feeding on all sorts of yummy treats. It was peaceful and quiet at the park, I only saw two or three other people the entire time I was there.
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Dabchick, QE2 Park, Wetland
When most people head to the beach, I go in the opposite direction. There are several small wetlands within the Wellington Region and thankfully none of them involve huge amounts of walking. So yesterday I was out with my camera visiting a small wetland. I really enjoy the quiet (other than the birds, flys, cicadas
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Dabchick, Kingfishers, Pukeko, Wetland