Most winters I try to spend some time in a hide down on the Whanganui River bed, as it is the time of the year when kingfishers congregate. This last …
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A weekend in Tauranga after much heavy rain meant the waterways were full, and the waterfalls spectacular. Friends we were staying with suggested we check out the McLaren Falls, just …
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We have a godwit who visits us in Whanganui each summer, or at least has done for the last 10 years, as I have previously reported in my posts. I …
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The Royal Spoonbill is a very photogenic bird, a photographer's dream subject. Over the years I have photographed many of them but almost always on the ground, usually at some …
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This has been a good summer for new bird species in New Zealand - for me, three new birds photographed in three weeks, not too bad considering some years there …
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When word was out that a MEGA rarity, in the birding world, had shown up at Napier I was making plans to get there as quick as possible. Only the …
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We are often in Dunedin due to having family there, and for me every trip must include some time on the Otago Peninsula. Things I associate with the area include …
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We may have lived in New Zealand all our lives, but have we seen all our country? This past week we visited an area where we had never been - …
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I had the opportunity at the weekend to try photographing birds that were half a kilometre away, with my Canon 1DX, 500mm lens and 1.4 converter, and using my Samsung …
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Just a few years ago we planted some trees in our back yard, known to attract birds, and now it is paying off. I spent an hour last Saturday photographing …
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