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New Zealand native birds [ edit ]
Female Hihi or Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta )
Female Hihi or Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta )
(The only image on this page that isn't a QI)
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Simply the best picture that I have ever taken of anything :-). NZ North Island Robin (Petroica australis longipes )
NZ North Island Robin, Petroica australis longipes
Red-billed gull
Red billed gull (Larus scopulinus ) in Wellington Harbour
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Juvenile red-billed gull
Adult red-billed gull, reading the signs
Adult red-billed gull, spitting out a not so tasty morsel
Juvenile red-billed gull, examining an empty shell
Inquisitive juvenile red-billed gull
Red-billed gull eating regurgitated food
Black backed gulls (Larus dominicanus ) [ edit ]
Black-backed gull on take-off, Petone, Wellington Harbour
Juvenile Black-backed gull on landing, Petone, Wellington Harbour
Black-backed gull in Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour
Black-backed gull in Petone, Wellington Harbour
Juvenile Black backed gull
Juvenile Black backed gull, Petone, Wellington
Black shag (Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae ) after fishing foray, dried out and preened
Farmed Ostrich
Farmed ostrich (Struthio camelus )
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Common introduced birds [ edit ]
Male blackbird
Male blackbird
Male blackbird (Turdus merula )
Male blackbird (Turdus merula )
Song Thrush
Male chaffinch
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos )
Male chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs )
Californian Quail chick
Californian Quail chick (Callipepla californica ), Wellington, NZ
Wasp dragging spider
(My first ever submission to Featured Pictures was rejected but the second was accepted :-)
Spider hunting wasp with victim (Family: Pompilidae)
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Cinnabar moth caterpillar
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NZ Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa gonerilla )
NZ Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa gonerilla )
Red Admiral, 'The fly hath flies'
Red Admiral, Waiting for me to go away
NZ Yellow Admiral butterfly (Vanessa itea )
Puriri moth (Hepialus virescens ) - side view
Cicada
Large cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica )
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Camouflaged NZ grasshopper (Phaulacridium marginale )
Mating NZ grasshoppers (Phaulacridium marginale )
Female Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) feeding from and pollinating an Ox-eye daisy.
Male tree weta (Hemideina crassidens )
Huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis)
Robber/assasin fly feeding on smaller fly in the dark
Drone fly defecating on Dandelion flower
Wellington Green Gecko
Wellington Green Gecko (Naultinus elegans punctatus )
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Beads of resin
Bead of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump
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Beads of resin
Beads of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump (My very first submission to Quality Images was accepted :-)
Bubble gum
Bubble gum
Bubbles of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump
Bubbles of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump
Ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea ), Wellington, NZ
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White Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare ) before pollination, Wellington, NZ
White Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare ) after pollination, Wellington, NZ
Pollinated Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare ) as it develops 'fruit', Wellington, NZ
Straw flower
Dandelion flower
Straw flower or Ever Lasting Daisy (Bracteantha bracteata ), Wellington, NZ
Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale ) in mid winter, in full sun, Wellington, NZ
Senecio elegans
Purple groundsel (Senecio elegans ), Wellington, NZ
Red clover flower (Trifolium pratense ), Wellington, NZ
Sow thistle flower, Wellington, NZ
Sow thistle flower, Wellington, NZ
Sow thistle seed head, Wellington, NZ
Pinus Radiata detail, Wellington, NZ
Blackberry flower (Rubus fruticosus ), Wellington, NZ
White daisy flower (Bellis perennis ), Wellington, NZ
Broom (Cytisus scoparius) flower, Wellington, NZ
Amanita muscaria
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Mature Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria ) Mushroom.
Large Amanita muscaria , 9cm at this stage, 19cm when mature.
Puffball
Mature Gymnopilus junonius
Gymnopilus junonius
Red coral fungus
Red pouch fungus
Arcyria nutans sporangia
Lycogala epidendrum
Futuna Chapel
Futuna Chapel, Karori, Wellington, NZ, viewed from the North West
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Hawkins Hill radar station, Wellington, NZ
Microwave tower silhouetted against sunset, Wrights Hill, Wellington NZ
Olympus C-750
Olympus C-750 'self portrait'
The selection of my photographs that have been recognised as Quality Images or Featured Pictures
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