{"id":14065,"date":"2021-05-02T07:32:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T19:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2021-05-02T07:32:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T19:32:42","slug":"a-walk-in-the-park-onepoto-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065","title":{"rendered":"A Walk in the Park – Onepoto Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Photo<\/a>
Myna (Acridotheres tristis<\/em>)photographed from the balcony of our unit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A recent weekend trip to Auckland saw us arriving in pouring rain and largely huddled indoors for the first day. The following day dawned bright and we decided a small expedition close to base was preferable to another day of driving so explored Onepoto Domain in Northcote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Rock pigeon (Columba livia)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The domain has some lovely open grassed areas and a couple of ponds, one of which is a perfect venue for radio-controlled yachts. A flock of Rock Pigeons fly between groups of children offering food so can present flight image opportunities. Feral Pigeons don\u2019t have the best profile and are subject to a number of demeaning names but I have a soft spot for them having kept a loft of pigeons as a child. The joy of getting home from school and watching my birds fly is a very happy memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Kawaupaka\/Little Shag (Phalacrocorax melamoleucos)<\/em> fishing for shrimp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Most interesting was a Kawaupaka\/Little Shag that was fishing actively with regular success. Reviewing the images it was clear that shrimp were the prey. This kept us busy for a while trying to get action images against decent backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Kawaupaka\/Little Shag with shrimp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Part of the Onepoto Domain includes a boardwalk and a bushwalk offering a variety of habitats. A benefit of my recent nocturnal macro explorations is an increased knowledge and awareness of invertebrates. Exploring a nursery-web in M\u0101nuka along the boardwalk we found the female guarding her nest. This highlighted the fact that bird photography gear is not ideal for macro work but can achieve a result of sorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Nursery-web Spider (Dolomedes minor<\/em>) on M\u0101nuka<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The bushwalk yielded a weta resting in the sun which was a bit unusual to see. The bird gear again enabled a record shot. I must remember to add a macro lens to my travel kit in future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Tree W\u0113t\u0101<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A final pass of the ponds yielded my favourite image of the day. A pair of Warou\/Welcome Swallows were resting on some Casuarina branches in the shade. The soft light with a lovely background of reflected light on the pond with the Casuarina needles adding a hint of texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Warou\/Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While the primary aim of the expedition had not been photography, a walk in the park at Onepoto Domain yielded a number of photogenic subjects and a couple of pleasing images in the record of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon D850 and Nikon 300mm f4PF lens apart from Myna and Swallow with Nikon 500mm f5.6PF lens with TC14EII teleconverter for Myna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A walk in the park – exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,24,256,29],"tags":[829,198,26,25,220,473,357,144,221,243,311,609,855,608,603,854,472,828,649,853],"class_list":["post-14065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-invertebrates","category-macro","category-new-zealand","tag-arachnid","tag-auckland","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds","tag-birds-in-flight","tag-cormorant","tag-invertebrate","tag-new-zealand","tag-nikon","tag-nikon-300mm-f4-pf","tag-nikon-d850","tag-nikonnz","tag-northcote","tag-nz","tag-nz-birds","tag-onepoto-domain","tag-shag","tag-spider","tag-swallow","tag-weta","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\nA Walk in the Park - Onepoto Domain - WildLight Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A walk in the park - exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Walk in the Park - Onepoto Domain - WildLight Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A walk in the park - exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WildLight Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-01T19:32:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-01T19:32:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tony\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tony\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tony\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0\"},\"headline\":\"A Walk in the Park – Onepoto Domain\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-01T19:32:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-01T19:32:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065\"},\"wordCount\":450,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"arachnid\",\"Auckland\",\"bird photography\",\"birds\",\"birds in flight\",\"cormorant\",\"invertebrate\",\"New Zealand\",\"Nikon\",\"Nikon 300mm f4 PF\",\"Nikon d850\",\"NikonNZ\",\"Northcote\",\"NZ\",\"NZ birds\",\"Onepoto Domain\",\"shag\",\"spider\",\"Swallow\",\"weta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"birds\",\"Invertebrates\",\"macro\",\"New Zealand\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065\",\"name\":\"A Walk in the Park - Onepoto Domain - WildLight Photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-01T19:32:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-01T19:32:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0\"},\"description\":\"A walk in the park - exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"Warou\\\/Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/14065#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Walk in the Park – Onepoto Domain\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/\",\"name\":\"WildLight Photography\",\"description\":\"Nature Photography by Tony Whitehead\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0\",\"name\":\"tony\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fcc09a0c3018fb7aab77c8bc477d9f59884f7573178b1a329fb88b10779b4f62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fcc09a0c3018fb7aab77c8bc477d9f59884f7573178b1a329fb88b10779b4f62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fcc09a0c3018fb7aab77c8bc477d9f59884f7573178b1a329fb88b10779b4f62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tony\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Walk in the Park - Onepoto Domain - WildLight Photography","description":"A walk in the park - exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Walk in the Park - Onepoto Domain - WildLight Photography","og_description":"A walk in the park - exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065","og_site_name":"WildLight Photography","article_published_time":"2021-05-01T19:32:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-01T19:32:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"tony","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tony","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065"},"author":{"name":"tony","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#\/schema\/person\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0"},"headline":"A Walk in the Park – Onepoto Domain","datePublished":"2021-05-01T19:32:37+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-01T19:32:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065"},"wordCount":450,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","keywords":["arachnid","Auckland","bird photography","birds","birds in flight","cormorant","invertebrate","New Zealand","Nikon","Nikon 300mm f4 PF","Nikon d850","NikonNZ","Northcote","NZ","NZ birds","Onepoto Domain","shag","spider","Swallow","weta"],"articleSection":["birds","Invertebrates","macro","New Zealand"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065","url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065","name":"A Walk in the Park - Onepoto Domain - WildLight Photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","datePublished":"2021-05-01T19:32:37+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-01T19:32:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#\/schema\/person\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0"},"description":"A walk in the park - exploring the varied habitats of Onepoto Domain, Northcote, Auckland","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","width":960,"height":640,"caption":"Warou\/Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14065#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Walk in the Park – Onepoto Domain"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/","name":"WildLight Photography","description":"Nature Photography by Tony Whitehead","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#\/schema\/person\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0","name":"tony","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fcc09a0c3018fb7aab77c8bc477d9f59884f7573178b1a329fb88b10779b4f62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fcc09a0c3018fb7aab77c8bc477d9f59884f7573178b1a329fb88b10779b4f62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fcc09a0c3018fb7aab77c8bc477d9f59884f7573178b1a329fb88b10779b4f62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tony"}}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ThZJ-3ER","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17296,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/17296","url_meta":{"origin":14065,"position":0},"title":"Photographing Wetland Birds on Auckland Domain","author":"tony","date":"October 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographing Wetland Birds on the Auckland Domain. One of the benefits of a wet season is an ephemeral pond attracting wetland birds to the central city.","rel":"","context":"In "Bird Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Bird Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/bird-photography"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo of a pair of young Poaka\/Pied Stilts exploring the edges of the temporary wetland on the Auckland Domain","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PiedStilt-20230917-NZ9_1526-NEF_DxO-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\/2023\/09\/PiedStilt-20230917-NZ9_1526-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PiedStilt-20230917-NZ9_1526-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PiedStilt-20230917-NZ9_1526-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10129,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10129","url_meta":{"origin":14065,"position":1},"title":"Okareka photowalk","author":"tony","date":"May 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of the images I have been delayed in processing were from a visit in February when fellow Birds NZ member, Denise Poyner, came down from Auckland to explore some Rotorua bird photography spots. One of our plans was for an Okareka photowalk as it is one of my favourite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pied Stilt chick","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PiedStiltChick-D5C_3582-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PiedStiltChick-D5C_3582-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PiedStiltChick-D5C_3582-web.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PiedStiltChick-D5C_3582-web.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5940,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/5940","url_meta":{"origin":14065,"position":2},"title":"Enderby Island hike – East shore","author":"tony","date":"March 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Leaving our lunch spot at Derry Castle Reef we continued our Enderby Island hike by turning south and moving down the eastern shore. 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":8198,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/8198","url_meta":{"origin":14065,"position":3},"title":"Auckland Botanical Gardens","author":"tony","date":"September 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Auckland Botanical Gardens are always worth visiting but Spring is especially beautiful as the flowering Magnolias and Cherries are stunning and attract a lot of birds. It is a great opportunity to get some Tui photos and there were a few long lenses in attendance during a recent visit despite\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\/2017\/08\/Dabchick_DSC3013-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\/2017\/08\/Dabchick_DSC3013-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dabchick_DSC3013-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dabchick_DSC3013-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":14065,"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":6740,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/6740","url_meta":{"origin":14065,"position":5},"title":"Favourite places – Tiritiri Matangi","author":"tony","date":"October 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of my favourite places are remote and expensive to reach, others much closer and can be visited with more spontaneity. Tiritiri Matangi definitely falls into the latter category being a brief \u00a0and economical NZ$55 ferry ride from Gulf Harbour. We normally plan a visit up to Auckland with a\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\/09\/TonyEdinWhitehead-IMG_0171-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TonyEdinWhitehead-IMG_0171-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TonyEdinWhitehead-IMG_0171-web.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TonyEdinWhitehead-IMG_0171-web.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WelcomeSwallow-D85_4278-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}