Saturday morning was just as stunning as the day before so once again the cameras came out and we headed back to the beach. This time the tide was still heading out and we joined the birds as they slowly followed the water in search of small crabs and shellfish. We went to a different […]
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Every couple of months I head North to Auckland to visit my two mothers. My mother and my stepmother both live in rest homes in South Auckland within a couple of kilometres of each other. I have been unable to visit them over the lock-down period, so it was nice to be able to see
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On my last trip to Coromandel, in between visits to the tern and gulls, we went for a drive over to Kuaotunu to see if there were still some dotterels there. We stopped at one spot where we have been previously and found one pair with a couple of older chicks. The weather had turned
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One of the reasons for my recent visit to Kereta was to see the New Zealand dotterels in their full breeding colours. Usually by the time I get there they already have chicks and their colours are already fading. The rangers around the Coromandel Peninsula are very good at putting up signs and fencing off
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I have never really been a beach person, at least not until I found bird photography. Now I go there for the birds whenever I get the opportunity. Recently I took a few of my friends to one of my favourite places for bird photography, the Coromandel Peninsula. We stayed at a house right on
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Still at Kereta, Coromadel and the B&B has a couple of other guests staying as well. We spent last night teaching two French Engineers how to play Skip-Bo and drinking wine. This morning after a bit of a sleep in, I crept outside with my camera to see if the kingfishers were playing, and indeed
Still at Kereta, Coromandel Read More »
Knowing that Autumn is just around the corner, I decided to have one last trip away to Kereta on the Coromandel Peninsula. Kereta Waterfront B & B is owned by my cousin Karen and her husband, Dave, and I have to say that as a bird photographer it just keeps getting better and better. The
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While we explored the Coromandel Peninsula, we stayed at a B& B in Kereta, which is a small bay on the Firth of Thames the way to Coromandel. This place is amazing! The beach is literally two steps off the driveway. You go to sleep with the sound of the waves washing up on the beach,
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If you have been following our trip then you will know we headed to Coromandel next. Actually we stayed at a B&B at Kereta, a little bit before Coromandel. From there we drove around many of the bays in search of the New Zealand Dotterels. I was there two years ago to attend a wedding
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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
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