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  • Tail whip at Farm Jam 2016, Southland, New Zealand, sponsored by Red Bull
    FMX Tail Whip_H7C7780.jpg
  • white-fronted tern showing off its fork tail
    Forktail on Tern.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 01.jpg
  • Sperm Whale, Kaikoura, New Zealand
    Sperm Whale 04_4360.jpg
  • Water spray from a the fluke of an endangered humpback whale, Southern California
    Humpback Whale, Fluke 02_C9A8156.jpg
  • fluke of a Dusky Dolphin, New Zealand
    Dusky Dolphin 37_9961.jpg
  • A Brushtail Opossum joey piggybacks on its parent, in the middle of the night.  Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
    Brushtail Possum 01_8162.jpg
  • Sperm Whale, Kaikoura, New Zealand
    Sperm Whale 01_0611.jpg
  • Sperm Whale, Kaikoura, New Zealand
    Sperm Whale 03_4302.jpg
  • During the 70 year lifespan of a sperm whale, it can travel the entire distance of the Earth!  Each year, it wanders the ocean solitarily for thousands of miles.  Kaikoura, New Zealand
    Sperm Whale and Kaikoura Mountain Ra...jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 06_4947.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 07_4861.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Miranda Bird Hide_4784.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 04_4700.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit and Pied Oystercat...jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit and Pied Oystercat...jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 08_4866.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Pied Oystercatchers and Bar-tailed G...jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Miranda, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 05_5090.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Farewell Spit, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwit 03_6342.jpg
  • Bar-tailed Godwit, Okarito Lagoon, New Zealand
    Bar-tailed Godwits 02.jpg
  • Red Panda, curled up with its striped tail, captive
    Red Panda 01.jpg
  • How best to tell the difference between a Hairy Woodpecker versus a Downy Woodpecker?  Aside from the larger size of the bill and body of the Hairy Woodpecker, a more subtle distinguishing feature is that the Downy Woodpecker has black bars on its white tail feathers.
    Downy Woodpecker 04_C9A8413.jpg
  • “Manta” is Spanish for “cloak” which refers to the Giant Manta Ray's large blanket-shaped body. Unlike other rays, mantas do not have a spine on their tail for defense.
    Giant Manta Ray 02_H7C9881.jpg
  • The greenish-yellow lines on the Australiasian gannet's black webbed feet are quite striking up close!  The male and female Australasian Gannet are similar in plumage. Most of the body is white, with dark tips on the major wing feathers and the inner tail feathers. The head is buff-yellow and the bill pale blue-grey with striking black borders to the bill sheaths. In immature birds, the head and upperparts are mostly brown with scattered amounts of white spotting.
    Australasian Gannet 21_9630.jpg
  • A superb fairy-wren will mimic rodents to lure predators away from nests!  It does this by dropping flat on the ground, with wings to the side and the tail lowered, and scuttling off like a mouse.
    Superb Fairywren 01_7577.jpg
  • The welcome swallow derives its name from sailors sighting these birds at sea and anticipating the welcome proximity of land.  Symbolically, the swallow’s migratory prowess represents not merely good luck but a love and compassion that endures.<br />
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But for a wildlife photographer or avid twitcher, these aerial acrobats are best appreciated when chasing down flying insects mere millimeters over the surfaces of calm water.  <br />
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As quickly as the swallow swoops down, it ascends and banks away with elongated and forward-swept wingtips that provide torsional flexibility to aid with lift, while outer tail feathers (streamers) act as a rudder to optimize maneuverability.
    Welcome Swallow_62A3187.jpg
  • How best to tell the difference between a Hairy Woodpecker versus a Downy Woodpecker?  Aside from the larger size of the bill and body of the Hairy Woodpecker, a more subtle distinguishing feature is that the Downy Woodpecker has black bars on its white tail feathers.
    Downy Woodpecker 02_C9A8390.jpg
  • Mild geomagnetic activity from the Aurora Australis simmers on in the early morning hours of 23rd April 2017, while the tail end of the Milky Way descends upon the peak of the cliffside.  Catlins, New Zealand.
    Stargazing in the Catlins_H7C4870.jpg
  • 55x25cm print of a Wandering Albatross preparing for a landing on the ocean by flaring its wings and tail feathers, which help it to reduce speed and lift, New Zealand.
    Flaring in Style_3672.jpg
  • Stitchbird in its typical "tail-cocked" position, in the forest of Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand.
    Stitchbird 02_4683.jpg
  • After returning from sea at dusk, a pair of yellow-eyed penguins ascend the coastal cliff for shelter from the battering waves. Their quiet ritual of mutual preening helps reinforce pair bonds, as well as conditioning their feathers with preen oil from a gland found at the tip of their tails.<br />
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Despite rigorous conservation efforts, the endangered yellow-eyed penguin has dwindled to a mere 166 breeding pairs on the mainland of New Zealand.<br />
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Ongoing threats persist from both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, consisting of overfishing, bycatch in fishing nets, destruction of the sea floor via bottom-trawling, disease, loss of habitat on land, and climate change.
    Preening Yellow-eyed Penguins_H7C572...jpg
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