Muriwai, Muriwai, Muriwai
I've lived in Auckland for eight years or so now. Because I'm unashamedly a bird person, and seabirds are my passion, Muriwai gannet colony is one of my most-visited places.…
Western Springs
Western Springs is very close to where I live in Auckland. It's a big park with a (kinda nasty in places...although not too nasty because there's eels in there) lake…
Motuihe
I spent last weekend on Motuihe looking for penguins. Because my own fieldwork isn't tiring enough, obviously. The great thing about helping out with other people's fieldwork is there's no…
Tawharanui – take two!
Our last trip to Tawharanui wasn't too successful in finding any Grey-faced petrels. Which is not surprising, given that it was the middle of the pre-breeding exodus, when all the…
Tawharanui
A few weekends ago I went up to Tawharanui Open Sanctuary for the evening to help out with some Grey-faced petrel banding. It was something I'd been trying to do…
A quick Tiri trip
Every time I get out into the Hauraki Gulf, I'm amazed. It seems a little bizarre that so close to New Zealand's biggest city, there can exist this absolute haven…
Connect the birds – mist-netting in Auckland
A bird in the hand is...usually quite angry. Especially the larger ones. So when the first bird of the day is a big angry Tui, what do you do? You…