Spring babies
Spring really is a fantastic time for bird photography, with babies abound. As well as the pīpīwharouroa from last week's post, I enjoyed following this pīwakawaka/pied fantail family around as…
Spring really is a fantastic time for bird photography, with babies abound. As well as the pīpīwharouroa from last week's post, I enjoyed following this pīwakawaka/pied fantail family around as…
Last spring I finally managed to get some photographs of pīpīwharouroa - Shining cuckoos - that I really like. They're so elusive, noisy but sneaky and perfectly camouflaged. There were…
Doing a PhD during a pandemic has annihilated my weekly habit of blogging. It's been a bit tough to maintain space in my schedule and brain for photography, let alone…
Why you should vote #seabirdsnottreebirds and support toroa/Antipodean albatross for #BirdoftheYear
Lockdown is dragging on, and with delta cases popping up outside of Tāmaki Makaurau, I'm content to wait it out. That doesn't mean it's easy. I'm losing my field season,…
Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) is still in L4 lockdown, which means I can't do fieldwork. I'm running out of research-related things I can do. So as well as photographing backyard birds…
I wrote a post recently about OOFFE (Out-of-focus foreground elements!) and how they can help remove distractions in cluttered images. A weekend trip to Ecology bush at Tāwharanui was the…
I really like this photo for two reasons - one is the feather textures, which are just stunning. The other is that backlit foot - you wouldn't notice quite how…
New Zealand dabchicks aren't often easy birds to see. These secretive little freshwater birds frequent reedy lakes and aren't too fond of people. Growing up around the Rotorua lakes I…
I'm on my way from Twizel to Wanaka, picking up little bird spots along the way. It's a low grey day, with lances of sunlight every now and then. A…
My head has been throbbing all afternoon. It’s a bluebird day, glaring sun on white sand, which isn’t helping much. But the Ashley river mouth is a good place for…
To sum up this whole blog pot: "I'm not a birder, but..." (I probably am a birder).
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