Shags, Herons & Spoonbills

I love the drama of this image with the black shag standing motionless drying out its wings seemingly oblivious of the waves crashing in before it.  This shot was taken on the coast just north of Bell Block beach. The black shag is also known as the...

A rare sighting of a royal spoonbill taking flight at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A pair of white faced herons on their favourite log down at the Whaiwhakaio river mouth at dawn. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A little shage (kawau paka) drying its wings in the sun at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A white faced heron (matuku moana) on the beach at the Waiwhakaio river mouth at dawn.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A pied shag (also known as the pied cormorant) on its nest with a chick at Zealandia ecosantuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...

A lone black shag poses in perfect silhouette on a rock in the Waiwhakaio river in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A little shag (kawau paka, also known as little cormorant) on lake Okareka at Rotorua. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A little black shag (kawau tui) standing on a rock in the Waiwhakaio river at dawn. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A little shag/kawau paka perched on the foreshore rocks at New Plymouths West End beach.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A little shag/kawau paka stretching its wings before taking off from the rocks at West End beach in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...

A royal spoonbill in flight above the Waiwhakaio river in New Plymouth. Spoonbill are a fairly rare sight in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...

A pair of white faced herons standing on a log, having a natter down at the Waiwhakaio river mouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A pair of white faced heron (matuku moana) doiing some fishing at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...

A white faced heron (matuku moana) standing in perfect silhouette on an old log down at the Waiwhakaio river mouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...

A white faced heron (matuku moana) having a morning scratch as the sun rises over the Waiwhakaio river.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A white faced heron (matuku moana) standing alertly on an old log at the Waiwhakaio river mouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A white faced heron (matuku moana) standing on a log surveying the estuary at the Waiwhakaio river mouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process...

A black shag, or kawau, on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth with its wings spread out to dry in the sun.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...

A little shag/kawau paka having a rest on the rocks on the New Plymouth foreshore.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...

A black shag/kawau drying out its wings on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...

A black shag/kawau launches off from a rock in the Waiwhakaio river. I had just got in position to get a photo of this pair of shags who were posing nicely on the rock, when one of tehm took off just as I pressed the shutter.Framing & Mounting: This...

A black shag/kawau flies low over the river after taking off from a rock. Taken on the Waiwhakaio river, New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...

A black shag swooping in to land on the Whaiwakaio river.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...

A black shag on a log in the Kaituna river. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...

Black shag (kawau) on a rock in the Waiwhakaio river in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to...

A little black shag (kawau tui) flying low over the water on the Waiwhakaio river. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...

Oy!!!, this is my rock. A little shag and a southern black backed gull in dispute over who gets to sit on the rock. This shot was taken at Ngongotaha on lake Rotorua. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas...

A little shage/kawau paka, drying its wings on the rocks at the Waiwhakai river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A little shag, or kawau paka, sunning itself on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A kawau paka/little shag with its wings spread out to dry on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...

Little shag gathered on a rock at lake Rotorua, Ngongotaha. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their...

A little shag (kawau paka) fishing in the Waiwhakaiio river at New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...

A pair of little shag, or kawau paka, resting on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A pair of kawau paka or lttle shag on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...

A pair of little shag takaing a break from fishing in the Waiwhakaio river.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...

A pied shag, or karuhiruhi, flying in a clear bly sky at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...

A pied shag (karuhiruhi) on a rock at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...

A pied shag at Zealandia ecosanctury. Pied shag are also commonly called pied cormorant.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...

A pied shag or karuhiruhi standing on the rocks at the Waiwhakaio river mouth with its wings hung out to dry.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...