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Spreading Lime or fertilizer was common a few years back, often with old DC3 aircraft, but the practice seems to have died out, don't know why.

Good light this morning for some Dove photography. they are feeding on my deck and shot from the comfort of my lounge, I used a tripod with the Panny G2 and a 45-200. lens.

We are experiencing record rainfall. gloomy skys every day with no end in sight. not as good for photography, it's not as if the rain comes in photogenic storm clouds. it is a miserable overcast type of misery. two pictures, the first a reminder of what rain looks like, and the second one was...

I leave apples on a nail for the small birds, but the Ducks have found them and steal the poor sparrow's breakfast.

A blue sky this morning, for a change, I noticed an insect on the outside of the window and decided to take a couple of shots, the insect was too high for my tripod, not a bad result for my efforts.

I remember getting this shot, the Heron was so camouflaged that some people walking by never saw it and scared it away, otherwise, I would have got many more pictures.

I checked up on pictures of Aphids and couldn't find anything like this makes me wonder what this is, shot long ago. any ideas, you gardeners?

Shallow water for this event many years ago, exciting stuff, and some of the competitors came to grief, this was one of my better shots

One of my favourite photos, Can't recall any details, must try looking them up.

Are you bothered with this obnoxious plant in the US, It is an enemy of everyone except wild Turkeys, who love its cover, it can be burned off but the seeds survive, I played around with this picture, My replacement Sky is the wrong color.

I think Madagascar is the only place they are native to, very agile creatures, and when I visit the zoo I always leave with pictures of them.

That is the name of this funny-looking spider. It retracts its web back into its body and is found on citrus bushes, not sure but I think it is an Australian native, this one found its way to New Zealand, I have only seen two, they are that rare.

Wasn.t sure where to put this fun shot, hope you get a kick out of it.

One of the first Airbus 380s to land at Auckland airport a few years ago, Emirates has several of them and the company is popular in this part o the world.

A friendly little bird hated by Grape growers, they just love sweet fruit.

This is what New Zealand was known as, I have only seen this phenomenon once and this was it, I grabbed a shot, but I was stumped with nowhere to go for a higher view. I realize it looks like a plane's vapour trail but it is not.

My Fejoa tree has blueberries which some birds can't resist. I am shooting these from about 35 feet away with a bit of fill flash, hand held.

I don't know how this guy gets' his wheel trims, or how long he has been collecting them, Oh Well, as they say, some mothers do have them.