{"id":16982,"date":"2023-06-04T08:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T20:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=16982"},"modified":"2023-06-04T08:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T20:16:27","slug":"mount-white-station-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/16982","title":{"rendered":"Mount White Station &#8211; Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silvereye-20230312-NZ9_2426-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silvereye-20230312-NZ9_2426-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tauhou\/Silvereye\" class=\"wp-image-16985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silvereye-20230312-NZ9_2426-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silvereye-20230312-NZ9_2426-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Silvereye-20230312-NZ9_2426-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tauhou\/Silvereye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/16966\">Previously<\/a>  I reported on our trip to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/16966\" target=\"_blank\">Mount White Station<\/a> in the Canterbury High Country. This is a stunning landscape venue and I really enjoyed this aspect of the visit. As a bird photographer though, my attention is always distracted by potential avian subjects. While not numerous there were some that caught my eye so, on the final morning I decided to get up early for a wander down to the lake to see what I could find. I had seen flights of P\u016btangitangi\/Paradise duck and a decent flock of Masked Lapwing in noisy flight. Most exciting, I had seen a K\u0101rearea\/NZ Falcon fly over when leaving lunch the previous day (without camera!).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1810-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1810-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Masked Lapwings against a mountain background\" class=\"wp-image-16983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1810-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1810-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1810-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Masked Lapwings against a mountain background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lapwings were were doing laps along the far shore of the lake and occasionally came close enough, at times with a mountain background and at times the overcast sky, allowing for a white background.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1953-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1953-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Masked Lapwings on white\" class=\"wp-image-16984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1953-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1953-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskedLapwings-20230312-NZ9_1953-NEF_DxO-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Masked Lapwings on white at Mount White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heading back for breakfast I found some Tauhou\/Silvereye and Huruk\u014dwhai\/Yellowhammers flitting in and out of the hawthorn along with the occasional Korimako\/Bellbird. A slow stalk followed by standing still near the base of a bush allowed for a couple of images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yellowhammer-20230312-NZ9_2277-DxO-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yellowhammer-20230312-NZ9_2277-DxO-web.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Huruk\u014dwhai\/Yellowhammer\" class=\"wp-image-16986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yellowhammer-20230312-NZ9_2277-DxO-web.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yellowhammer-20230312-NZ9_2277-DxO-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Yellowhammer-20230312-NZ9_2277-DxO-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Huruk\u014dwhai\/Yellowhammer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mount White Station is a fantastic landscape destination but, like most places, can also offer some opportunities for the bird obsessed, even allowing opportunities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birds on White<\/a> at Mount White!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos with Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z 800mm f6.3 VR S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount White Station &#8211; Birds. 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