Why I Like Where I Live

[mundens]

The pictures behind the cut were taken from my lounge window on Saturday





For those who don't know New Zealand wood pigeons, yes, they are that big. I believe this is a young male. I think he was asking to be photographed as he flapped against the lounge window and then sat there and looked at me.

Comments

[rivet.livejournal.com]

that first one is quite beautiful :)

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

They're awesome... One flew very close to me when I was in Akaroa. They're loud too!

[beagl.livejournal.com]

Seconded, the first photo is great!

[pinkiepoopoo.livejournal.com]

i like the second one cos it gives a real idea of their size and shape ;-)

unfeasibly small head!

[wasphantom.livejournal.com]

That first photo is indeed great. And those birds look awesome when they're drunk (from naturally fermented berries).

[house-monkey.livejournal.com]

Looks tasty.

[bekitty.livejournal.com]

It's considered good luck if a kereru craps on your driveway. Mainly because it's not crapping on your windshield. :)

[seraphs-folly.livejournal.com]

Thats a really beautiful photo. You magnolia is looking really quite dishy!

[holding-pattern.livejournal.com]

That is *awesome*. Also, your photos are really great, and I sodding love that hard diagonal of the wires and the dark tree in the first one.

I love Kereru - there's a pair around here that I see sometimes, and one super-awesome morning I saw three. But, for all that the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary is so close and we've plenty of bushy-bush around, that's pretty much it. I wish the Kaka would ever fly this direction!