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TΔ«eke | Saddleback
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Green-Crowned Hummingbird
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Baby California Quail
Any advice on Lightroom editing very welcome! Still learning
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A Double Crested Cormorant showing off wing-drying behavior,which is common to most cormorant species!
Double Crested Cormorant showing off that classic wing-drying pose! 600mm and cropped. #doublecrestedcormorant #nikond850 #cormorants #socalbirds #californiabirds #birdsky
29.01.2026 19:33 β π 57 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
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California Quail baby struggling to follow mum and dad up the step!
Zealandia, Wellington
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North Island Robin
Taken at Zealandia, Wellington
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Green-Crowned Hummingbird
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Northern Jacana
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Blacktip reef shark in Fiji
19.01.2026 08:17 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Couple of Ara flying over Costa Rica
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Croc in Costa Rica
Needed the telephoto for this one, not sure if Iβd want to be much closer
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Trogon! Cousin of the Quetzal
Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
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Unsure on the specific type here but beautiful green hummingbird in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
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Love the colours on this one!
Violet Crowned Woodnymph
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
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Something I very much had on my Bingo card for 2026
12.01.2026 07:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Lance-Tailed Manakin
Costa Rica 2025
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
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A non-bird picture for a change. Took a while waiting for this person to line up perfectly over Okurukuru, Taranaki.
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Whitehead | PΕpokotea
(Probably a male)
Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Violet Sabrewing from a trip to Costa Rica back in 2025
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California Quail
Zealandia | Wellington (bit of a pattern)
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Zealandia | Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
A few pictures from Abel Tasman National park between Tonga Quarry and Torrent Bay.
06.01.2026 08:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Red-Crowned Parakeet / KΔkΔriki
Shot at Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Fantail / PΔ«wakawaka Shot around Nelson Lakes, Marlborough Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Fantail | PΔ«wakawaka
Shot around Nelson Lakes, Marlborough
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
