User:Tony Wills
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[edit] Birds
[edit] New Zealand native birds
Female Hihi or Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta)
(The only image on this page that isn't a QI)
[edit] Sea birds
Red billed gull (Larus scopulinus) in Wellington Harbour
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Red billed gulls
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Black backed gulls (Larus dominicanus)
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Black shags
| 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
| Male blackbird (Turdus merula) | Male blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) | Male chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| 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
| Pompilidae with paralyzed spider. | |
| Pompilidae drying out after a swim. | Pompilidae drying out after a swim. |
| Orange Ichneumonid wasp | Closeup of dead Black tunnel web spider (Porrhothele antipodiana) |
[edit] Butterflies and Moths
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Butterflies
[edit] Other insects (Weta, Grasshoppers etc)
Large cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica)
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Other insects
[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
| 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
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Ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea), Wellington, NZ
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Other plants
[edit] Fungi
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Slime molds
| 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
| 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
Images that have been accepted as Featured Pictures are tagged with ![]()
My full gallery can be seen here