Bar-tailed Godwits
New Zealand is home to some amazing birds. We have endemic species that live nowhere else in the world. We also play host to some migrant species that travel a…
Hihi – Stitchbird
Have you ever seen a Hihi? These beautiful little birds were very poorly known until the 1990's. They are also known as Stitchbirds, and were confined to a remnant population…
Dawn on Tiri
Hearing the dawn chorus of birds on Tiritiri Matangi is something you have to experience. As light begins to tickle the horizon in the east, the islands swells into life…
Two Nights on Tiritiri Matangi
Tiritiri Matangi is an Island Sanctuary north of Auckland. It’s an amazing place, just over an hour away from the city by ferry. The forest is alive with song. I…
Little Blue Penguin
Today is all about the tiniest penguin in the world, the aptly named Little Blue Penguin! Of course I couldn't do a blog series on New Zealand Birds without including…
Kōkako
The voting for New Zealand's Bird of the Year has changed my blogging plans slightly. The next few will be about New Zealand birds! We're going to start with my…
Sunrise in the Sea
There are a lot of outtakes from my attempt at sunrise in the sea photography. Some of the outtakes are nice in their own right, though, so I thought I'd share…
6am Swimming with a GoPro
Sometimes I do things that make my family worry about my sanity. Jumping in the sea with a camera at 6 in the morning is one of those things. I…
Double-exposures for bird photography
I was extremely lucky to spend a few nights on Tiritiri Matangi Island Sanctuary recently. I'll write a full blog about that soon, but today I wanted to share something…
Porthole Photographs
Having a new view out your window every day is exhilarating. Here's the Antarctica trip - in photographs taken through the porthole in our cabin! Most of these photographs are…
Lake Okareka Evenings
It's taken me eight months to get up to Lake Okareka, which is unusual. It's my staple visit when I go home to Rotorua, and there's always something to see.…
One last look at Antarctica
I nearly didn't write this post, tempted to leave it with Danco Island. I couldn't resist sharing more whale photos though! As we headed out into the Drake passage from…
It’s Spring!
I am a cold-weather person. I like Autumn and Winter and chill winds. I love the crunch of frost glittering on morning grass. Maybe I just like wearing jackets.…
Danco Island
I think by now it's obvious that I'm in love with Antarctica. The time we spent there was like a dream, but also so raw and real that not a…
Dawn at Ballito
I love the quiet of the beach before dawn. Before the sun rises, there are no throngs of people, no yelling, and the beach is washed clean by the high…