James Markus wrote:
Andy, that is gorgeous. Recently I voted for New Zealand's Pūteketeke for "bird of the century", but the Crested Grebe was one of the choices. Another beautiful bird.
cadman342001 wrote:
I'll throw this in now as I haven't processed more of from Ferrymead yet and I'm having to limit PC time as I'm recharging on the road until I begin work in the Queenstown Branch on Thursday.
I left Christchurch last Friday having completed my 8 weeks of "helping out" and made the drive down to Queenstown. I actually took the afternoon as annual leave so it would be a bit less rushed and because I wanted to visit Mt Cook and the Crested Grebes breeding site I stumbled upon near Lake Tekapo last year (AF only this time )
The turn off to Mt Cook NP is not long after the viewpoint I always stop at (and yes I stopped this time for some panos with the 200/2 !), and consists of a 55kms road along the lakeshore with numerous stopping places along the way.
I managed to get the sunset/post sunset colour AND by some miracle woke up in time to catch the golden sunrise sun hitting the peak of Mt Cook. Mt Cook by Andy Macdougall, on Flickr
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