On our last full day at Stewart Island the weather finally was playing nicely and we found someone to take us out on the water around the Paterson Inlet. We didn’t know what to expect as it can be pot luck as to what birds can be found on any given day, and on this […]
Just after boxing day, my cousin shared an image of a tern chick that had me champing at the bit to go to Coromandel. She hasn’t been into photography for long but she is certainly picking up new skills fast! We had already planned to drive up to Rotorua for a couple of days to […]
On our second day in Coromandel, we headed back to Thames township to have a look at an old historic pier. The tide was out, and the water was muddy and while I did take plenty of images at that time, I have chosen to save them for another post. The reason? Because we went […]
Over the years I have been to Plimmerton several times to photograph the birds there and generally it was hit and miss as to whether I found birds there or not. I particularly like the white fronted terns that are often found there and on a previous visit with a fellow photographer, I found that […]
We had planned a weekend away, a full day boat trip and lots of dolphin image for my blog, but alas the weather gods didn’t play nice and the boat trip was cancelled. So we stayed home instead. Today we headed over to one of our favourite eateries (Choc Fish or Kai Moana) in Shelly […]
The white-fronted terns also nest at Muriwai alongside the gannets. On my previous visits there two years ago, the tern population was much larger however with the gannet colony ever expanding, the terns have moved to other areas along the beach. A small number remain on the banks that are not totally stripped of vegetation. […]