An awesome day in the field doing more bird surveys in Hawkes Bay. A long day though and I'm off to bed very shortly, but just wanted to post a couple of shots which I enjoyed. I was out with Mike Lusk, a local guy who spends a lot of time out in the bush, and has a huge knowledge of native flora and fauna. I was focused on survey the forest patches we visited for birds, but also wanted to photograph other bits and pieces we saw. So when Mike found some Peripatus I was stoked! This was something I had really wanted to photograph, and so the new macro setup was VERY handy. Think I am slowly getting the art of it, but still a learning curve!
Anyway a couple of photos below...
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Spider orchids in flower, this species is Big red spider orchid - Nematoceras iridescens |
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Peripatus ejecting it's sticky entrapment fluid |
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The curious peripatus! |
What a wonderfully odd creature!
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great !