While at the Dunedin PSNZ National Convention, I attended the Orokonui Ecosanctuary field trip. I was looking for birds that I had not photographed before, so when a delightful fantail started dancing around in front of me I politely ignored it and continued looking. Thankfully I had two sets of eyes searching for birds – […]
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For many years now we have been putting out food for the silvereyes and tui. Over the years we have worked out when there is plenty of natural food about and when there isn’t and we generally ease off on the feeders when the natural food is a plenty. This year we have seen an
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In the last couple of weeks there have been a lot of tui flying about our street. There is also a lot of kowhai trees in our area and tui visit in large numbers around this time of year. That said, most of the trees have now been well and truly picked over and only one remains with
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I am still on the topic of practicing with the Silvereyes. They are bouncing around the garden like jumping beans right now and I have no will power so the camera is sitting on the tripod beside me while I work, freezing my toes off beside the open French doors. Mad I know. But there
Over the years I have been asked by many people if I sold postcards, greeting cards and such like with my images on. Until now I have had to say “sorry no”. Finally I have put some effort into sorting my images and putting them onto some products.I started with the NZ Dotterel postcards due
My favourite ‘go to’ place for bird photography is Zealandia. I haven’t been for a while because of the amount of walking and/or standing required to get the shots I want. (I am a member so it is easy to visit often, just one very reasonable yearly fee to pay). Zealandia have a mobility scooter available for free hire,
To both of my regular readers, I apologise for not posting much of late. My feet have kept me home and my camera in his bag. Sadly this situation is not going to improve in a hurry but there is an end in sight. I am scheduled for surgery in two weeks time and once
I said I was going somewhere different and I did. I ventured North to the Queen Elizabeth II park where a fellow photographer had said there was a wetland worthy of a visit. Indeed it was worthy and I will go back again real soon!The main focus of today’s images is the dabchicks. There were
We feed the birds in our garden many things, one of which is oranges. Usually it is just the Silvereyes that show any interest in the oranges however just lately one of the many tui that visit the garden has taken such a liking to oranges that it doesn’t bother with the sugar water at
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Yesterday I saw a Tui feeding from the Kowhai at the front of the house. I grabbed my camera and shot through the glass. It was so dirty that the image came out with a haze in front of the entire scene. It ended in the trash can. So I washed a patch of the
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