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Silvereye with early Spring blossom.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend saw an impulsive trip to Auckland for breakfast! It was a great opportunity to catch up with Edin<\/a> and when leaving on Monday the weather was perfect for a visit to Auckland Botanical Gardens. The Magnolia display at this time of year is gorgeous and was the trigger for our visit. As always my attention strayed to birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tui<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are always good numbers of Tui but there is always the chance of something more and I have previously managed decent Dabchick<\/a> and California Quail<\/a> images. This visit yielded nothing special on the bird front apart from a partially leucistic male Blackbird to add to my collection of leucistic birds<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leucistic Blackbird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A co-operative Monarch added another zoological subject but the real heroes on this visit were the flowers. Since childhood I have been far more fascinated by zoology than botany and this prejudice unfortunately still directs my attention when seeing and photographing the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monarch on Manuka (NZ Teatree)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We were lucky to strike some lovely morning light showing the magnolia displays at their best. There are many mature trees and some new areas more recently planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mature Magnolia plantings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are a huge variety from large blousy blooms to delicate stellata. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magnolia bud and bloom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What really caught my eye were the Japanese Anemones which were in a lovely area of light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japanese Anemone<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Japanese Anemone with more to come in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Auckland Botanical Gardens are always worth a stop. Next time I will go with a more open mind and focus more on the botany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos with iPhone SE2020 (mature magnolia trees), Nikon D850, Nikon 300mm f4VR (Silvereye, Tui and flowers) or 500mm, f5.6VR (Monarch and Blackbird)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Being more sheltered from the wind the vegetation became taller with tussock rising from calf to waist and chest height, dracophyllum and Macquarie Island Cabbage becoming common\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SouthernRata_D819422-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SouthernRata_D819422-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SouthernRata_D819422-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SouthernRata_D819422-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13929,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/13929","url_meta":{"origin":12587,"position":4},"title":"Auckland West Coast – Karioitahi Beach","author":"tony","date":"March 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Birds photographed when visiting Karioitahi Beach","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo showing a Tara\/White-fronted Tern against the breaking waves of the Tasman Sea","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/White-frontedTern-D85_4546-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\/2021\/03\/White-frontedTern-D85_4546-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/White-frontedTern-D85_4546-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/White-frontedTern-D85_4546-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17296,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/17296","url_meta":{"origin":12587,"position":5},"title":"Photographing Wetland Birds on Auckland Domain","author":"tony","date":"October 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographing Wetland Birds on the Auckland Domain. 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