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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Whitehead
Zealandia on a Friday
Usually we head to Zealandia on a Friday because there are less people about. Not today – there were groups of people everywhere! It’s great to see so many out enjoying the sunny weather in the valley. We went today with the goal of achieving some fantastic images and I believe I achieved my goal,
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Whitehead fledglings at Zealandia
This morning we headed to Zealandia early to ensure a good parking space. We got that, but in reality it was probably too early for me to achieve the images I wanted. The light just wasn’t there and by the time it was I had commitments elsewhere so had to leave. However in the time
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Whiteheads, bellbirds and kaka
We set off to Zealandia early this morning and were walking around the tracks not long after they opened. I am still on the look out for the titiponamu but alas I am still yet to see them there. Definitely something to keep me going back though, so that’s good. I visited the takahe on
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More from Zealandia
One of the reasons I wanted to go to Zealandia was to give me some idea of the improvement in my feet. My last visit was just before an appointment with my surgeon, and yesterday’s visit is no different. I was surprised by how far I was able to walk without pain and compared to
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Mana Island
Yesterday saw us heading to Mana Island with the Hutt Camera Club. It was the first cloudy day we have had in a long while which made it a little cooler for us but in the bush made it a little more challenging to get images of the birds. The birdlife on Mana Island is
The Grey Warbler & The Whitehead
Yesterday a fellow photographer took me to a secret location not far from home where he had found a flock of whiteheads. Very quick little birds that are very distinctive with the male having, you guessed it, a white head. So we arrived at this location ( I was blindfolded while I was driving so
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