{"id":9495,"date":"2018-11-25T08:42:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T19:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2018-11-16T20:44:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T07:44:23","slug":"new-zealand-dabchick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Dabchick"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9500\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3076-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3076-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Zealand Dabchick \" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3076-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3076-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3076-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Zealand Dabchick (<em>Poliocephalus rufopectus<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As mentioned in my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ThZJ-2t1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoary-headed Grebe<\/a>, 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. Dabchick distribution on the North Island can be patchy but they are relatively common on the volcanic plateau, Rotorua Lakes, Northland, Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Wairarapa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9501\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NZ Dabchick wingflap after preening\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NZ Dabchick wingflap after preening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Living in Rotorua they are are often seen and seem significantly more abundant than I remember 25 years ago. As a result i am lucky to get relatively regular opportunities to photograph them. They remain challenging though as they are small and quite wary. I am currently working on a project to improve opportunities and will share more on this as it progresses but have recently had some fun from the jetty at Lake Okareka.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9502\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3220-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3220-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NZ Dabchick shaking out it's feathers after preening\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3220-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3220-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3220-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NZ Dabchick shaking out it&#8217;s feathers after preening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more information on our endemic representative of the Poliocephalus genus see the nzbirdsonline entry for <a href=\"http:\/\/nzbirdsonline.org.nz\/species\/new-zealand-dabchick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand Dabchick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9499\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_2661-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9499\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_2661-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NZ Dabchick displaying\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_2661-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_2661-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_2661-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NZ Dabchick displaying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All photos with Nikon D500 and Nikon 500mm f4 VR and TC 14 teleconverter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Dabchick distribution on the North Island can be patchy but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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}},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[26,25,486,487,499,144,218,498,194,190],"class_list":["post-9495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-new-zealand","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds","tag-dabchick","tag-grebe","tag-little-grebe","tag-new-zealand","tag-nikon-d500","tag-nz-dabchick","tag-photo","tag-photography","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Zealand Dabchick - WildLight Photography<\/title>\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\/9495\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Zealand Dabchick - WildLight Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. Dabchick distribution on the North Island can be patchy but [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WildLight Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-24T19:42:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tony\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0\"},\"headline\":\"New Zealand Dabchick\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-24T19:42:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"bird photography\",\"birds\",\"dabchick\",\"grebe\",\"little grebe\",\"New Zealand\",\"Nikon D500\",\"NZ dabchick\",\"photo\",\"photography\"],\"articleSection\":[\"birds\",\"New Zealand\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495\",\"name\":\"New Zealand Dabchick - WildLight Photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-24T19:42:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"NZ Dabchick wingflap after preening\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/archives\\\/9495#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tonywhitehead.com\\\/wildlight\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Zealand Dabchick\"}]},{\"@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":"New Zealand Dabchick - WildLight Photography","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\/9495","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Zealand Dabchick - WildLight Photography","og_description":"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. Dabchick distribution on the North Island can be patchy but [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495","og_site_name":"WildLight Photography","article_published_time":"2018-11-24T19:42:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"tony","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tony","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495"},"author":{"name":"tony","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#\/schema\/person\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0"},"headline":"New Zealand Dabchick","datePublished":"2018-11-24T19:42:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495"},"wordCount":230,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","keywords":["bird photography","birds","dabchick","grebe","little grebe","New Zealand","Nikon D500","NZ dabchick","photo","photography"],"articleSection":["birds","New Zealand"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495","url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495","name":"New Zealand Dabchick - WildLight Photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-11-24T19:42:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/#\/schema\/person\/5cf44f50ed633ae6f6256fd8d79241f0"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","width":960,"height":640,"caption":"NZ Dabchick wingflap after preening"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9495#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Zealand Dabchick"}]},{"@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_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dabchick-DSC_3082-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ThZJ-2t9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14889,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14889","url_meta":{"origin":9495,"position":0},"title":"New Zealand Dabchick \/ weweia","author":"tony","date":"October 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"New Zealand Dabchick with chick The New Zealand Dabchick has a number of indigenous names including weweia, totokipio, taihoropi and taratimoho. The Rotorua lakes area has always been a stronghold for them and over the years they seem to be getting more abundant than I remember in the past. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo of New Zealand Dabchick with chick","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-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\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dabchick-D5C_8999-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14901,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14901","url_meta":{"origin":9495,"position":1},"title":"Dabchicks in Flight","author":"tony","date":"November 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographing the unusual sight of Dabchicks in flight","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 group of New Zealand Dabchicks\/weweia in flight","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dabchick-D5C_0644-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\/11\/Dabchick-D5C_0644-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dabchick-D5C_0644-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dabchick-D5C_0644-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":9495,"position":2},"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 &quot;birds&quot;","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":19028,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19028","url_meta":{"origin":9495,"position":3},"title":"Why Rotorua is Great for Bird Photography","author":"tony","date":"April 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Why Rotorua is Great for Bird Photography. 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":15122,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/15122","url_meta":{"origin":9495,"position":4},"title":"Nikon Z9 Eye AF for Bird Photography","author":"tony","date":"January 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Benefits of the Nikon Z9 eye autofocus for bird photography","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":"Photo of NZ Dabchick feeding young.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/NZ9_6017-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/NZ9_6017-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/NZ9_6017-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/NZ9_6017-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/NZ9_6017-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16755,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/16755","url_meta":{"origin":9495,"position":5},"title":"Bird Photography Tips &#8211; If Low is Good is Lower Better?","author":"tony","date":"May 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Bird Photography Tips - If a low shooting angle is good is a lower one even better?","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":"photo of a NZ Dabchick\/Weweia and chick photographed from water level","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NZDabchicks-20230107-NZ9_6485-DxO-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NZDabchicks-20230107-NZ9_6485-DxO-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NZDabchicks-20230107-NZ9_6485-DxO-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NZDabchicks-20230107-NZ9_6485-DxO-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495","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=9495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}