A Good Day for Nature Photography
The birds were very active yesterday at Zealandia with many busy feeding fledglings. This made for a great day of nature photography.
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Rifleman
Back at Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne Ecosanctuary
On my last visit to the sanctuary I was seeking the titipounamu to photograph, and while I did find them, I didn’t achieve any useful images. Today I had the same focus.
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In search of the Rifleman | Tītitipounamu Family
This morning we headed into Karori, Wellington, to visit Zealandia Ecosanctuary. There have been many reports of a rifleman family that is fairly easy to find, so with that as our focus we started walking into the valley.
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An immature male titipounamu
It has been a while since the titipounamu / riflemen chicks fledged the nest and I made a trip back there just before Christmas to see if I could find the fledglings. I was extremely lucky to be able to find them flitting about the trees. I saw the adult male long with two others
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First sighting of a rifleman chick
I am still visiting the riflemen as often as I can because I know that eventually the opportunity will be gone. I love this time of year for Nature – there are so many young birds around, we are spoilt for choice! When we arrived at the nest site yesterday we had to be quick
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Rifleman / titipounamu continued
I have been back to the riflemen a few times now and am totally obsessed with them. They are so tiny and so fast! I used to think kingfishers were quick but they have nothing on these little guys. They arrive without you noticing and after seeing them if you blink they are gone. When
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Rifleman / titipounamu
Bird photography is made up of more than just skill with a camera, sometimes it is just knowing where to find the birds and when is the best time to be there. In New Zealand we have a huge network of bird photographers online and it is thanks to this that today I had one
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