Birds
Young silvereyes / tauhou - Paekakariki
Karearearea / NZ falcon - Wilton Bush, Wellington
Kea - Brewster Hut, Haast
South Island tomtit / ngirungiru - Young Valley
Rifleman / titipounamu - Young Valley
Fantail / piwakawaka - Paekakariki
Bellbird / korimako - Mt Owen
Young stitchbird / hihi - Rakiura / Stewart Island
Red crowned parakeet / kakariki / SOmes Island
Kingfisher / kotare - Aotea Harbour
SI pied oystercatcher / torea
Wandering albatross / toroa ingoingo - near Auckland Islands
White-fronted tern / tara - Kapiti
Koaka / bar-tailed godwit - Waikanae Estuary
Royal spoonbills - Waikanae Estuary
Toutouwai / North Island robin - Zealandia
Titipounamu / rifleman - Zealandia
Kereru - Paekakariki
Kaka - Kapiti Island
Takahe - Zealandia
Kāruhiruhi / pied shag - Zealandia
Korimako / bellbird - Kapiti Island
Hihi / stitchbird - Kapiti Island
Kokao feeding chick - Kapiti Island
Kakariki - Kapiti Island
Poaka / pied stilt - Waikanae Estuary
Warou / welcome swallow - Lake Wairarapa
Waiwea / dabchick - Kapiti
Bees
I'm a keen beekeeper with three hives and quite passionate about these amazing creatures!
A picture familiar to many: a busy worker bees collecting nectar and pollen.
A bee visiting our rosemary bush.
Helping to polinate our beans.
A hive of activity (in our vege garden).
Warming herself on my warm hands in a cool autumn morning.
A guard bee protecting the hive.
A guard bee checking incoming bees.
Bees feeding on honey collected earlier from their own hive (to stop the spread of disease)
Bees feeding and looking after their larvae. The queen is marked with a red dot so she is easier to see.
Nice fat bee larvae.
Young bee chewing out of her cocoon...
... and emerging. More pale and silky than older bees.
The scourge of beehives: the varroa mite kills larvae and infects them with viruses.
Forests
Mountains
Mt Holdsworth, Tararuas
Mt Alpha, Tararuas
Powell Hut, Tararuas
From Brewster Hut, Aspiring NP
From Brewster Hut, Aspiring NP
From Brewster Hut, Aspiring NP
Gillespie Pass, Aspiring NP
White gentian
Lake Crucible, Aspiring NP
Wellington and Mt Tapuaeoenuku, from Kime Hut, Tararuas
Above Lake Constance, Nelson Lakes NP
Waiau Pass, Nelson Lakes NP
Across Cook Strait, from Kime Hut, Tararuas
Near Mt Owen, Kahurangi NP
From Mt Anglem / Hananui, Rakiura NP
Spaniard / taramea, Mt Cook NP
Aoraki / Mt Cook
Hooker Valley from Mueller Hut, Mt Cook NP
Moonset, Fiordland NP
Aoraki Mt Cook from Mt Fox, Westland NP
Fox Glacier from Mt Fox, Westland NP
Lakes and streams
Lake Alabaster from Alabaster Hut, Fiordland NP
Lake Alabaster from Alabaster Hut, Fiordland NP
Rangitata River
Freshwater River, Rakiura NP
Kaiaraara Stream, Aotea Great Barrier Island
Lake Rotoroa, Nelson Lakes NP
Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes NP
Upper Waiau River, St James Conservation Area
Whakapapanui Stream, Tongariro NP
Whakapanui Stream detail
Coast