@raganwald Good question. The city’s Port Hills, which are a range mostly 400–500 m above the city, start about 1 km to the south of these photos. The wind, at least at ground level, was easterly, running parallel to the clouds, while I think a nor’wester wind was blowing inland (to the west) […]

Here's another family of baby birds from my travels this week. It's a female Pāpango / NZ scaup with seven ducklings (scauplings?).

I saw them on the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River on bike ride home from work yesterday.

I briefly stopped to get better photos and the […]

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