Birds
Young silvereyes / tauhou
Karearearea / NZ falcon
Kea
South Island tomtit / ngirungiru
Rifleman / titipounamu
Fantail / piwakawaka
Bellbird / korimako
Young stitchbird / hihi
Red crowned parakeet / kakariki
SI robin / kakaruwai
Kingfisher / kotare
SI pied oystercatcher / torea
Variable oystercatcher / torea-pango
Royal spoonbills / kotuku ngutupapa
Wandering albatross / toroa ingoingo
White-fronted tern / tara
Kereru / wood pigeon
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