seagull – Titirangi Storyteller

Seagull in Seaweed

Working on some new techniques to get my images as sharp as they can be… and I was going for the full detail in the seaweed and the gull… Pretty good, though there’s still room for improvement. And… it’s a pretty nice gull. In some pretty cool seaweed…

Seagull in the seaweed

Not sure what she found so wonderfully attractive about this stuff… it was worm-like and smelly. Maybe she thought it made her look really hot… At Goat Island Marine Reserve – about an hour north of Auckland.

The terror of the Australian White Ibis

When wildlife goes very very wrong… Pigeons, seagulls, sparrows, robins and other urbanised birds don’t strike me as out of place – but the urbanised ibis – it just seems wrong. They are native to northern Australia but were introduced to the southern part of the country in the 60s and 70s. This fellow isContinue reading “The terror of the Australian White Ibis”

At the end of the day

During the day you’ve got your mates around – the gang the flock… but at the end of the day, it’s just you. No one there to tell you that you’re right or that you’re wrong and you face the dark of night with your best friend or your worst enemy

Take off…

Nature’s creatures just don’t fear me. At least, not if they’ve settled in for a rest. I hardly had to crop this image… this giant brown seagull had nearly a metre wing span (39″) I’d say – just huge, almost the size of an albatross, with none of the albatross’s charm or mystique. I ratherContinue reading “Take off…”