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 […]
Tag: shorebirds
I have been visiting Front Beach/Flaxmill Bay on the Coromandel Peninsular regularly for as long as I can remember. In early January I was pleased to see, for only the second year I can recall, New Zealand Dotterels breeding there. This was the first I have seen a chick, so I obviously took the opportunity […]
Issue 95 of New Zealand Geographic features an article on godwits—written by Denis Welch and photos by me. The January – February 2009 issue of New Zealand Geographic is now out and the feature on godwits includes a dozen of my photos. Bar-tailed godwits / kuaka (Limosa lapponica) are the commonest Arctic migrant in NZ […]
I recently spent a great couple of days photographing shorebirds at Opoutere in the Coromandel Peninsular. Although it was still early in the season, some of the New Zealand dotterels were in stunning red breeding plumage and I witnessed courtship displays that I have not seen before. NZ dotterels are one of my favourite photo subjects […]