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A young Tuatara posing in the undergrowth at Zeandia. #toocute #notabird (at Zealandia Ecosanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRoFNYF80y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=174npnzvgt3ne

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Proof that the best camera for a moment is the one you have with you. #phonephotography (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BraRiHMlfdD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l65jk36tzcfr

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"Sleepwalker" sculpture. Throwback from our trip to New York in 2016 and visiting the High Line with its Wanderlust event "Tony Matelli (b. 1971, United States) is a sculptor based in New York and known for his lifelike sculptures. For Wanderlust, Matelli presented Sleepwalker, a hyper-realistic painted bronze sculpture of a somnambulant man lost and adrift in the world, meandering about in a deep sleep. An amusing take on the theme of walking, Matelli’s work challenges preconceived ideas about traditional monumental portraiture, and questions the extent to which any one of us is ever fully aware of our own surroundings, especially considering the constant distraction of the screens that supplement our lived experience". https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBDPYqlGvd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xsv3ysowqta3

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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) "One of the world’s most successful introduced species, the house sparrow is found from sub-Arctic to sub-Tropical regions everywhere, except Western Australia and some small islands. It lives mostly in close association with man. This ubiquity has led to many studies of it as a pest and of its physiology, energetics, behaviour, genetics and evolution. There is even a scientific journal devoted to work on the house sparrow and other Passer species". ~ NZ Birds Online (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqropgelOoj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v6h23v8j5lrd

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Ex-racing Pigeon (or descendant of one) that I saw on the waterfront. Although not the most exciting of birds, they are good to practise close photography on, given their near complete lack of fear. (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5Bmkhlv61/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g4fqnw83i7mu

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Fantail/Piwakawaka (Rhipidura fuliginosa) One of my favourite NZ Birds, but also one of the hardest so far I've tried to take a picture of due to hiding in tree cover, and their erratic flight patterns. (at Zealandia Ecosanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpk6tsiFFpQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=noqpnirkogai

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Young 'Little Shags' (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) taken from the boat on the lower reservoir at Zealandia. (at Zealandia Ecosanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/BorpKN4AE03/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iwhq29azssz4

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Boatshed rather than birds today. Out by the marina along the waterfront. (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoTChVNhPCN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jyznyqheomse

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Not the greatest pictures today, but still amazing to catch some action shots of juvenile black backed gull, (larus dominicans) carrying, then dropping and recovering its lunch (a mussel). (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHyWzvAQYQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z20edyjk968x

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A Kaka Parrot just hanging our near the feeders at Zealandia. (at Zealandia Ecosanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn651yMgW_y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nji48fbzknlm

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Some Red Billed Gull shots from last Friday lunch time out near Te Papa. (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1v-gJBoCP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ld8uzhe2wef8

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Mallard duckling, one of many cruising around Zealandia with their mothers. (at Zealandia Ecosanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnx87wfhg9N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ka27dv4itphy

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Stand off at the inlet (at Pauatahanui) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqAhJXleBK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i7ccoi58dwrz

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A good old common female 'Mallard' duck (Anas platyrhynchos) coming in to land almost immediately in front of where I was set up this morning. Not at all what I was trying to take pictures of, but never miss an opportunity. (at Pauatahanui Wildlife Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnfobPxjnjk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y4vytcf0wlib

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Also had fun playing round last week using long exposures, with a tripod and remote trigger. Pretty happy with the results.

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Some more pictures from last Sunday, a White faced heron (also known as a Mataku (Egretta novaehollandiae)). "White-faced herons occur throughout Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. They are a relatively new species in New Zealand, having self-introduced in the 1940s. From the 1950s onwards numbers have grown rapidly and they are now widespread throughout the country, including the Chatham Islands. It is primarily a bird of rocky shores and estuary mudflats, but can also be found near the shallow edges of lakes up to 500 m altitude, and on farm ponds. Following rain, white-faced herons are often seen in damp pasture and on sports fields, including within urban areas". - New Zealand Birds Online (at Pauatahanui Wildlife Reserve)

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2nd of the portraits