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Photo of Kereru I took this morning on a bush walk.
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Yesterday at Te Kouma Bay, Coromandel
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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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Nice photos of the gannets. :smile:
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" o_O :crazy:
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Christmas Lillies
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sea breeze dew point air , no wind ,clear skies, Magic mornings here.
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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.
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^ The bees are crawling around like that on my Sedum too, must be a good honey-source for them.
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Orion wrote: Sun 08/03/2020 21:53 ^ 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.
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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!
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sun 15/03/2020 21:08 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.
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tornado wrote: Sun 15/03/2020 21:12 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.
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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.
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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.
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Wide-angle shot looking east from Musick Point, a few km north of Howick
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David wrote: Sun 10/05/2020 16:32 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.
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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.
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Photo from Near Tekapo Yesterday
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snowstormwatcher wrote: Sat 18/07/2020 10:50 Photo from Near Tekapo Yesterday
I wonder if silver birch trees that are subject to such cold produce better quality syrup :-k
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Pic I took yesterday of interesting rock formations around the Mangawhai coastline
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David wrote: Wed 05/08/2020 20:47 Pic I took yesterday of interesting rock formations around the Mangawhai coastline
Looks similar to the Pancake rock at Punakaiki on the West Coast :smile:
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