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On an evening visit to Miranda I was rewarded by a flock of royal spoonbills that landed near where I was watching shorebirds. I was able to make many photos of the spoonbills feeding on crabs and gleaning invertebrates from mangrove leaves in warm evening light.

Tui are a relatively common and often photographed native bird. So why did I pick this intimate portrait as a feature photo?

Photographing common birds like the chaffinch can be a great way to hone skills, as well as get images that are often overlooked by photographers intent on finding only the rare and unusual.

New uploads include tiny harvestmen and huge albatrosses, and they are all 44% bigger!

Like hundreds of other people, I was lucky enough to see an emperor penguin that was discovered on a kapiti Coast beach two weeks ago. I’ve now uploaded some of my photos.