We went for a walk around the reserve at the inlet this morning and it is clear that the bird population there is increasing. I was almost bombarded by a family of fantail chicks chasing after their parents. The grey teal I saw a week or so ago was busy taking her family of ducklings […]
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Some birds are extremely protective of their nests and will do whatever it takes to distract you from it if you get too close. I had this happen last night when I went out just before sunset with my camera. Usually the pied stilts will disappear when I show myself and they will avoid the
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Yesterday started out promising – that is until I looked out the window. The weather report had me believing it was going to be a fine day for photography and the truth was that it wasn’t. It was overcast and dull with the sun peeping through the clouds from time to time. Being the optimist
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So I went back to the damselflies today and was greeted with just as many dragonflies as there was damselflies. The dragonflies are harder to capture but I love a challenge so sat down to do just that! While I waited I photographed a couple of weeds and I have to say I really
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For the last five weeks we have been going to see the pied shag nests to follow the growth of the chicks. It is hard not to form some little attachment to the chicks in this time as we watch them grow bigger and bigger each week. They turned from ugly alien looking things to
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A friend and I went for a look over at the inlet today as it was such a lovely sunny still day at home. Boy was it different over the other side of the hill! The wind was up, the water was chopping and the wind surfers were out in force! There were very few
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