Eastern Rosella’s at TMP
Eastern rosellas are well established at the Trentham Memorial Park now. There is a huge flock of them there.
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Sasha the Sun Bear
Sasha the sun bear is a resident of the Wellington Zoo. Often we pass her encloser and see nothing, she is either asleep somewhere or out of public view. Last Friday we lucked out and Sasha was out to play.
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bear, Wellington Zoo
A Weekend Visit to Brisbane
It sounds very decadent, flying to Brisbane just for the weekend, and it was, but I got to spend some quality time with my son and grandsons, and the birds in their back yard.
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kākāriki karaka
Yesterday at Pukaha National Wildlife Centre, I managed to tick another bird off my wish list. Before now I had never seen a orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka and it wasn’t from lack of effort.
The Birds in My Garden
Continuing on from my last post about attracting birds into the garden, I can now tell you that after two weeks of work around the garden, I have almost instant success. We have had a few trees removed after being damaged in the strong winds, and have pruned back some others allowing for more bird friendly plants.
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Tui
Another tui/kowhai season
Our kowhai trees are still in bud and yet to flower, so the tui are off elsewhere at the moment. A friend and fellow photographer told me they were going crazy over her kowhai tree yesterday, so I jumped in the car, camera in hand, to pay her a visit.
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Tui
A Day at Auckland Zoo
Last week I flew to Auckland for the announcement of the new G9II, and to return the one I had been using for the last month…
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Auckland Zoo
What to do on a rainy day…
If you are a nature photographer, the weather is always something to think about. Even on rainy days I like to get the camera out…
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Silvereyes
Out and about again
After a month recuperating from a health issue, I am finally able to get back out and about with my camera. I decided that the red-crowned kakariki would be my target bird for the outing, so we headed to Nga Manu.
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Kakariki, Nga Manu Nature Reserve