The tuatara, the saddleback, the robin and more.
It is hard to walk around the Zealandia Ecosanctuary and not take a photo. It is not always the birds that grab my attention either…
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Tuatara
Ngā Manu Nature Reserve
It’s Friday again and as usual, the day is devoted to the camera and getting out into Nature. Our destination this week was Ngā Manu Nature Reserve in Waikanae.
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Tuatara and tieke
Sometimes, when we visit Zealandia the tuatara are nowhere to be found. They like to come out to soak up the sunshine when it is out, so today I wasn’t expecting to see many. The sun was out briefly but for the most part it was overcast while we were there. Yet to our surprise,
T2 retiring from public duty
We went to Zealandia yesterday just in time to get some last images of T2 the Takahē before he is moved to a quiet area of the sanctuary for his retirement. At 23 years old and having recently lost his mate Puffin, he deserves to be looked after and be away from all the visitors.
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Tuatara shedding skin
In the news today there was a story about a tuatara that had escaped Zealandia and was found a little worse for wear. It reminded me that I had a bunch of tuatara images from last weekend still to share. Zealandia has a large population of tuatara now and a few years ago you were
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The Others…
Having spent two days in a row over the weekend staking out the kingfisher nest I am surprised at how few images I actually shot of them. The kingfisher wasn’t there all that much and most of the time was spent just sitting and watching. The same can’t be said for the trip up the