Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Extreme mist netting


Chasing Rock wrens on the Haast mountain Range- where you get the feeling that the world falls away under your feet- not for the vertically challenged !

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

From the largest to the smallest


A storm petrel is dwarfed by an albatross flying past.Photograph taken from Albatross Encounter- Kaikoura on 16 April 2011.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Kahi

Magical having a kahi only half an hour from my home in Christchurch- such a distinctive call. This critically endangered bird is very much for me an icon of the wild spaces on the rivers of Canterbury.