User:Tony Wills
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[edit] Birds
[edit] New Zealand native birds
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Female Hihi or Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta)
(The only image on this page that isn't a QI)
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[edit] Sea birds
Red billed gull (Larus scopulinus) in Wellington Harbour
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Red billed gulls
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| Juvenile red-billed gull | Adult red-billed gull, reading the signs |
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| Adult red-billed gull, spitting out a not so tasty morsel | Juvenile red-billed gull, examining an empty shell |
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| Inquisitive juvenile red-billed gull | Red-billed gull eating regurgitated food |
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Black backed gulls (Larus dominicanus)
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| Black-backed gull on take-off, Petone, Wellington Harbour | Juvenile Black-backed gull on landing, Petone, Wellington Harbour |
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| Black-backed gull in Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour | Black-backed gull in Petone, Wellington Harbour |
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| Juvenile Black backed gull, Petone, Wellington |
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Black shags
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| Black shag (Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae) after fishing foray, dried out and preened |
[edit] New Zealand introduced birds
Farmed ostrich (Struthio camelus)
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Common introduced birds
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| Male blackbird (Turdus merula) | Male blackbird (Turdus merula) |
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| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) | Male chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
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| Californian Quail chick (Callipepla californica), Wellington, NZ |
[edit] Spiders, Insects etc
[edit] Spiders and wasps
(My first ever submission to Featured Pictures was rejected but the second was accepted :-)
Spider hunting wasp with victim (Family: Pompilidae)
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Spiders and wasps
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| Pompilidae with paralyzed spider. | |
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| Pompilidae drying out after a swim. | Pompilidae drying out after a swim. |
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| Orange Ichneumonid wasp | Closeup of dead Black tunnel web spider (Porrhothele antipodiana) |
[edit] Butterflies and Moths
Cinnabar moth caterpillar
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Butterflies
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| NZ Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa gonerilla) | NZ Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa gonerilla) |
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| Red Admiral, 'The fly hath flies' | Red Admiral, Waiting for me to go away |
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| NZ Yellow Admiral butterfly (Vanessa itea) | Puriri moth (Hepialus virescens) - side view |
[edit] Other insects (Weta, Grasshoppers etc)
Large cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica)
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Other insects
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| Camouflaged NZ grasshopper (Phaulacridium marginale) | Mating NZ grasshoppers (Phaulacridium marginale) |
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| Female Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) feeding from and pollinating an Ox-eye daisy. | Male tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) |
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| Huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis) | Robber/assasin fly feeding on smaller fly in the dark |
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[edit] Reptiles
Wellington Green Gecko (Naultinus elegans punctatus)
[edit] Gum/Resin/Sap
Bead of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump
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Gum/Resin/Sap
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| Beads of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump (My very first submission to Quality Images was accepted :-) |
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| Bubbles of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump | Bubbles of resin on Pinus Radiata tree stump |
[edit] Plants
Ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea), Wellington, NZ
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Other plants
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| White Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) before pollination, Wellington, NZ |
White Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) after pollination, Wellington, NZ |
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| Pollinated Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) as it develops 'fruit', Wellington, NZ |
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| Straw flower or Ever Lasting Daisy (Bracteantha bracteata), Wellington, NZ | Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in mid winter, in full sun, Wellington, NZ |
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| Purple groundsel (Senecio elegans), Wellington, NZ | Red clover flower (Trifolium pratense), Wellington, NZ |
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| Sow thistle flower, Wellington, NZ | Sow thistle flower, Wellington, NZ |
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| Sow thistle seed head, Wellington, NZ | Pinus Radiata detail, Wellington, NZ |
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| Blackberry flower (Rubus fruticosus), Wellington, NZ | White daisy flower (Bellis perennis), Wellington, NZ |
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| Broom (Cytisus scoparius) flower, Wellington, NZ |
[edit] Fungi
Amanita muscaria
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Slime molds
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| Arcyria nutans sporangia | Lycogala epidendrum |
[edit] Built Structures
[edit] Futuna Chapel
Futuna Chapel, Karori, Wellington, NZ, viewed from the North West
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On the hills
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| Hawkins Hill radar station, Wellington, NZ | Microwave tower silhouetted against sunset, Wrights Hill, Wellington NZ |
[edit] The image maker
Olympus C-750 'self portrait'
The selection of my photographs that have been recognised as Quality Images or Featured Pictures
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