Juvenile North Island rifleman (Acanthisitta cloris granti) searching for insects on a mossy tree trunk. I’ve added some rifleman photos to my gallery. Riflemen are one of two extant species of New Zealand wrens—an ancient group of tiny passerines.
Category: New photos
Recent photo additions include some macro shots of common copper and black mountain ringlet butterflies
A rare feathered visitor was recently discovered by sharp-eyed birders in Auckland, and has been causing quite a bit of excitement in bird watching circles since. To many people it might look like just another gull—the sort that gathers at coastal carparks looking for handouts of potato chips and bread. Some might notice a bit […]
I visited the Manganui o te Ao river for a morning last June. This is a river which is well known its healthy population of whio/blue ducks (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos), but a place I had never actually been before. This ended up being a very productive morning, with some beautiful images added to my collection.
I have been visiting Front Beach/Flaxmill Bay on the Coromandel Peninsular regularly for as long as I can remember. In early January I was pleased to see, for only the second year I can recall, New Zealand Dotterels breeding there. This was the first I have seen a chick, so I obviously took the opportunity […]