I arrived to a quiet empty pond this morning, low cloud and a little wind. The dabchicks were no where to be found. I settled myself down into a place amongst the flax bushes and waited. I actually waited two hours before they showed themselves so kept myself occupied photographing so of the other wildlife […]
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Dabchick, QE2 Park, Wetland
I went back to the dabchicks this morning in the hope of getting some different shots of them and their antics. Sadly there was a lot of cloud about and a bit of a breeze which made for not so ideal conditions for photography. I tried all the same and did manage a few interesting
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Dabchick, Wetland
In the last few days the bird photography Facebook groups that I am on have exploded with dabchick photos. Every photographer in the area with knowledge of the park has been and photographed the youngsters and their parents. I haven’t been back yet because I am still working my way through culling and processing images
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Dabchick, Wetland
Friday and Saturday mornings were pretty special. The weather was perfect and I got to sit, watch and photograph a dabchick family as they cruised around their pond feeding on all sorts of yummy treats. It was peaceful and quiet at the park, I only saw two or three other people the entire time I was there.
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Dabchick, QE2 Park, Wetland
When most people head to the beach, I go in the opposite direction. There are several small wetlands within the Wellington Region and thankfully none of them involve huge amounts of walking. So yesterday I was out with my camera visiting a small wetland. I really enjoy the quiet (other than the birds, flys, cicadas
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Dabchick, Kingfishers, Pukeko, Wetland© Digitalpix Photography
