I promise this is a wildlife photo! See if you can spot someone making the most of an abundance of pōhutukawa nectar in this image. I shot this from a moving boat in early summer as we returned to Marsden Cove Marina after a field-gear retrieval trip, so I couldn’t get any closer. Grey skies blow out to white when you expose to keep the detail in dark foliage – and a certain small dark bird. The sheer abundance and exuberance of December-blooming pōhutukawa always surprises me and fills me with joy.