Please pardon my absence from the interwebs these past five weeks. No, I didn't heed Anonymous of Wellington's advice to STFU, I got married and have been honeymooning/showing my German friends around the North Island of New Zealand since I last posted.
Over 3,000 kilometres later, here I am back in Wellington, back at my PC. I'm not quite clear of the Otherwise-committed Woods (got to visit family in Chch in a few days), so THE NOVEL will have to idle for a little longer. But here are some photos from my honeymoon...
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Person's eye view of kereru in flight |
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Shining cuckoo, Mt Taranaki |
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White-faced heron, Pahi, Kaipara Harbour |
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Kokako #1, Tiritiri Matangi |
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Kokako #2 |
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Kokako #2 in flight |
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Rifleman, a.k.a. Difficult Buggers to Photograph Well |
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Saddleback in flight |
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Whitehead |
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NZ dotterel, Front Beach, Coromandel |
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Dotterel chick, Cooks Beach |
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Male dotterels in territory dispute, Cooks Beach |
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Blue penguin at Cathedral Cove |
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Black-billed gulls, Taupo |