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Birds

New Zealand native birds

Female Hihi or Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) — 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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Robins


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

Sea birds

Red-billed gull

Red billed gull (Larus scopulinus) in Wellington Harbour

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Red billed gulls


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)


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 shags

Black shag

Black shag (Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae) after fishing foray, dried out and preened

New Zealand introduced birds

Farmed Ostrich

Farmed ostrich (Struthio camelus)

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Common introduced birds

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

Spiders, Insects etc

Spiders and wasps

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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Spiders and wasps


Pompilidae with paralyzed spider.

Pompilidae drying out after a swim.	Pompilidae drying out after a swim.

Orange Ichneumonid wasp	Closeup of dead Black tunnel web spider (Porrhothele antipodiana)

Butterflies and Moths

Cinnabar moth caterpillar

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Butterflies


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

Other insects (Weta, Grasshoppers etc)

Cicada

Large cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica)

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Other insects


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

Reptiles

Wellington Green Gecko

Wellington Green Gecko (Naultinus elegans punctatus)

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Reptiles

Gum/Resin/Sap

Beads of resin

Bead of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump

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Gum/Resin/Sap

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

Plants

Ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea), Wellington, NZ

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Other plants


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

Fungi

Amanita muscaria

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Fungi


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

Slime molds


Arcyria nutans sporangia	Lycogala epidendrum

Built Structures

Futuna Chapel

Futuna Chapel

Futuna Chapel, Karori, Wellington, NZ, viewed from the North West

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On the hills


Hawkins Hill radar station, Wellington, NZ	Microwave tower silhouetted against sunset, Wrights Hill, Wellington NZ

The image maker

Olympus C-750

Olympus C-750 'self portrait'

The selection of my photographs that have been recognised as Quality Images or Featured Pictures
Images that have been accepted as Featured Pictures are tagged with
My full gallery can be seen here

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