{"id":1540,"date":"2014-08-16T20:41:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T08:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2014-08-16T20:41:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T08:41:17","slug":"okareka-birds-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/1540","title":{"rendered":"Okareka birds &#8211; again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1542\" style=\"width: 623px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808903-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808903-web.jpg?resize=623%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black Swan after the sunset with residual sun on the hills backlighting the water\" width=\"623\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808903-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808903-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Swan after the sunset with residual sun on the hills backlighting the water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another lovely clear winter day gave perfect conditions for the light I love at Lake Okareka this evening. Huge flocks of Canada Geese and some Black Swans co-operated to give some subjects but best of all is sitting peacefully concealed in the grasses at the lake edge observing and hearing the birds about their daily routines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1541\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808885-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808885-web.jpg?resize=626%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black Swans in the last of the light\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808885-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlackSwan_D808885-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Swans in the last of the light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1543\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGeese_D808844-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1543\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGeese_D808844-web.jpg?resize=627%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Canada Geese flotilla\" width=\"627\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGeese_D808844-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGeese_D808844-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canada Geese flotilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1544\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGoose_D808854-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGoose_D808854-web.jpg?resize=627%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Canada Goose in flight\" width=\"627\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGoose_D808854-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/CanadaGoose_D808854-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canada Goose in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another lovely clear winter day gave perfect conditions for the light I love at Lake Okareka this evening. 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A sole Black Swan in a muddy puddle at the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;birds&quot;","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\/06\/MuteSwan_DSC2983-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\/06\/MuteSwan_DSC2983-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MuteSwan_DSC2983-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MuteSwan_DSC2983-web.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12328,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/12328","url_meta":{"origin":1540,"position":3},"title":"Escape from Lockdown &#8211; Okareka","author":"tony","date":"June 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographing birds at Lake Okareka after escaping the COVID-19 lockdown.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo of a Paradise Duck coming in to land.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParadiseDuck-D85_7133-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\/2020\/05\/ParadiseDuck-D85_7133-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParadiseDuck-D85_7133-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParadiseDuck-D85_7133-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18365,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18365","url_meta":{"origin":1540,"position":4},"title":"Okareka Magic","author":"tony","date":"August 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Okareka Magic - Lake Okareka never disappoints","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":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fantail-20240807-NZ9_9134-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-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\/2024\/08\/Fantail-20240807-NZ9_9134-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fantail-20240807-NZ9_9134-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fantail-20240807-NZ9_9134-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9305,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9305","url_meta":{"origin":1540,"position":5},"title":"Okareka update September 2018","author":"tony","date":"September 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we take a brief break from the South Island for an Okareka update September 2018. The flooding that I mentioned in my last Okareka update has meant that I haven't visited my favourite local spot as much as usual. \u00a0Scouting locations to take visiting bird photographer, Samuel Bloch, \u00a0has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pied Stilt\/Poaka feeding in typical Okareka sunset light reflecting from the hills behind","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PiedStilt-DSC_1409-Edit-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\/2018\/09\/PiedStilt-DSC_1409-Edit-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PiedStilt-DSC_1409-Edit-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PiedStilt-DSC_1409-Edit-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","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=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}