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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Tui Bliss
October is my favourite month to photograph the birds in my garden. It is generally when most of the local kowhai trees have finished flowering and our trees come into bloom.
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.
Attracting Birds to Your Garden
I don’t always have the time or the energy to go out looking for birds to photograph all the time, but I still want my camera fix as often as possible. So, I have a cunning solution. I get the birds to come to me!
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.
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…
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…
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.
The Silvereyes are Back in the Garden
Every winter we fill the Silvereye feeder when the natural food sources are hard to come by. It only took them 2 days to find it this year.