Tag: birds

New shorebird photos

Curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) at a high tide roost on the Manukau Harbour. More than a dozen new photos of shorebirds have been added to my gallery. I managed to get close to a mixed flock of birds at a high tide roost and got some nice portraits of sharp-tailed sandpiper, red-necked stint, and curlew […]

Rifleman photos added

Juvenile North Island rifleman (Acanthisitta cloris granti) searching for insects on a mossy tree trunk. I’ve added some rifleman photos to my gallery. Riflemen are one of two extant species of New Zealand wrens—an ancient group of tiny passerines.