{"id":12325,"date":"2020-06-07T11:10:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T23:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=12325"},"modified":"2021-01-17T16:52:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T03:52:32","slug":"escape-from-lockdown-rotorua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/12325","title":{"rendered":"Escape from Lockdown &#8211; Rotorua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6734patched-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a NZ Dabchick wingflap after preening\" class=\"wp-image-12340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6734patched-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6734patched-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6734patched-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>NZ Dabchick wingflap after preening<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When our COVID-19 restrictions eased from level 4 down to 3, the relative freedom allowed a trip locally to photograph birds. One of our rewarding spots is the Rotorua lakefront at Sulphur Point and Sulphur Bay. After a few weeks restricted to my backyard bird hide it was great to get out and watch the ducks, geese, shags, swallows and dabchicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Scaup-D85_6820-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a male Scaup coming into land\" class=\"wp-image-12342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Scaup-D85_6820-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Scaup-D85_6820-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Scaup-D85_6820-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Male Scaup coming into land<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dabchicks were especially impressive with far more than we usually see in this spot. At one stage there was a flotilla of 14 bobbing in front of me. Conditions were bright but diffused so great opportunities for some low angle images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6599-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a NZ Dabchick\" class=\"wp-image-12339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6599-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6599-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6599-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>NZ Dabchick<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6744-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a pair of NZ Dabchicks\" class=\"wp-image-12341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6744-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6744-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dabchick-D85_6744-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Pair of NZ Dabchicks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phots with Nikon D850 and Nikon 5mm f5.6PF lens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographing birds at the Rotorua lakefront after escaping the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Escape from Lockdown - Rotorua. 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Plentiful birds bring plentiful opportunities in the Bay of Plenty.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bird Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bird Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/bird-photography"},"img":{"alt_text":"Waterwings - Weweia\/NZ Dabchick juvenile","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NZDabchick-20250411-NZ9_4067-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NZDabchick-20250411-NZ9_4067-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NZDabchick-20250411-NZ9_4067-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NZDabchick-20250411-NZ9_4067-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9495,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495","url_meta":{"origin":12325,"position":4},"title":"New Zealand Dabchick","author":"tony","date":"November 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned in my post on Hoary-headed Grebe, New Zealand Dabchick are rare in the South Island having become extinct in the 1940s. Recently some have begun to re-establish the population and we were lucky to see one at Lake Elterwater just south of Blenheim. 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