West End Beach Sunrise & Kotare
One of my favourite places to photograph kotare (the NZ sacred kingfisher) is the West End beach rock pools. From early Autumn the kotare migrate to the coast looking for food in the rock pools and can be seen in reasonable numbers at low tide. I often see ten or more of them foraging in the rock pools just along from West End beach. The best time to go is when low tide occurs at sunrise so you get the kotare lit up by the beautiful warm tones of the morning sun. And of course its also a good place to watch the sunrise.
3rd Jun 2019
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