Back in 2014 my mother became a Fellow of the Photographic Society of New Zealand. She challenged me to get to the same level with my own photography. At that stage I only had my Licentiate distinction so I was two steps behind her. In 2018 I managed to get to the Associate level and …
The Australasian Gannet’s breeding season is almost at a close. There are still some adult birds in the colony feeding up their chicks so they are ready for their great journey to Australia. Some who have hatched late in the season still with their fluffy white coats, stand out among their peers with their juvenile …
The gannets at Cape Kidnappers are well on their well to increasing their numbers for another year. I visited them two weeks ago to see if there were any eggs about and I wasn’t disappointed. According to the guide/bus driver they lay in a staggered pattern, so there were still many nest building and mating, …
With the walking track to the gannets closed the only way to get to the Cape Kidnappers gannet colony is via Gannet Safaris – Overland. They have air-conditioned four wheel drive buses that take you through the Cape Kidnappers Station out to the colony. I have done this trip many times now and each time …
It is a very busy time of year so I have been very slow at going through the images from our last visit to the Cape Kidnappers Gannets. My focus on the day was mainly on behaviour shots, as I didn’t want to have more of the same as I had taken in the past. …
It has only been a year this time since I was out at the Cape Kidnapper’s gannet colony, but I wanted to try and get some images of smaller chicks and hopefully some eggs. I was a bit late for the eggs, there were only a few unhatched eggs in nests and they were not …
We have had a bit of a storm over the last few days, so there hasn’t been much opportunity to get out with the camera. Instead I have been going back over my old images looking at the unprocessed files to see what’s there. The gannets were the obvious choice as I have thousands that …
The trip out to the Cape Kidnappers colony is in an air conditioned 4 wheel drive bus and for me it is great. No real walking involved and we are parked within feet of the birds. I saw a lot of different behaviour with the Cape Kidnappers colony than I did at Muriwai. There is …
We are back at Muriwai and the gannets for this post but with a bit more of a focus on behaviour and nest building. This is where I see the biggest difference between the Muriwai colony and the Cape Kidnappers colony (I will get to them in a later post as they are further on …
The gannet colony at Muriwai beach is very different from what I have been used to in the past at Cape Kidnappers. The same species of bird but they adapt to their environment in many different ways. The nests at Muriwai was less decorated, made using dry grass and sticks, even bits of rope – …
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