Picture(s) of the day

[David]

Photo of Kereru I took this morning on a bush walk.

[David]

Yesterday at Te Kouma Bay, Coromandel

[David]

I visited Muriwai Beach on the coast of NW Auckland yesterday, beautiful weather for a swim (though the water was a bit cold) and a wander up the coastal walkway to visit the gannet colony.

Looking across Muriwai Beach:

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View over the gannet colony:

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Close up of gannet that was watching me:

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View over Maori Bay on the southern side of the colony:

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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice photos of the gannets.
Don't show those photos to John Cleese as he said in an old Monty Python sketch that he hated gannets because "they wet their nests"

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Christmas Lillies

[Awhituobs]

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sea breeze dew point air , no wind ,clear skies, Magic mornings here.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Some cirrussy upper level "tornado" photos I took today. There was some K/H cloud around as well.

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Here's a picture of some bees on a Sedum/Autumn Joy plant I took today.

[Orion]

^ The bees are crawling around like that on my Sedum too, must be a good honey-source for them.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

^ The bees are crawling around like that on my Sedum too, must be a good honey-source for them.

Yes. Seems like a popular flower for them.
When I took the photo, I counted 30 of them on our plant.
We had hives in our property at West Melton.
This plant was quite popular with the bees plus the gorse hedge at our property there.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Winning pig at the Piggy Races at the Mayfield show which was compared by Dame Ken, from the Topp Twins fame!

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Winning pig at the Piggy Races at the Mayfield show which was compared by Dame Ken, from the Topp Twins fame!

great photo. I am surprised this was not cancelled due to coronavirus.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

great photo. I am surprised this was not cancelled due to coronavirus.

Not an issue down here yet, but maybe if the coronavirus worsens, next years show will be cancelled.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Very Quiet in Geraldine for a Friday

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Copper Beech in a orange/red sunset also some nice mackerel today to the west.

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Went for a walk through Talbot Forest today, named after that famous locally produced cheese.
Some snaps.

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Last Full moon for 2020 rising over some Cu to the NE, the other day.
Today's moon has a nice colour around it which I tried to photograph, but it didn't come out all that good to put on here, sadly.

[David]

Wide-angle shot looking east from Musick Point, a few km north of Howick

[tornado]

Wide-angle shot looking east from Musick Point, a few km north of Howick

i havnt been there since christmas day 2017. really is a nice lookout to the sea.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

The pancake Rocks at Punakaiki.
Even though it was high tide, the blow holes wren't operating as the sea looked quite peaceful in the Tasman Sea.

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A lenticular cloud I took today looking near Mt.Peel.

[snowstormwatcher]

Photo from Near Tekapo Yesterday

[Richard]

Photo from Near Tekapo Yesterday

I wonder if silver birch trees that are subject to such cold produce better quality syrup

[David]

Pic I took yesterday of interesting rock formations around the Mangawhai coastline

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Pic I took yesterday of interesting rock formations around the Mangawhai coastline

Looks similar to the Pancake rock at Punakaiki on the West Coast