I would give you some  violets, but they withered all when my father died. Shakespeare, Hamlet Act IV Sc V It is difficult to get back...

I have tried not to make this a personal blog; but I have to interrupt the tales of my travels to say a word about the man who, in many w...

After indulging myself on the Hauraki Gulf seabird-watching expedition, I felt it was only fair to share a bit of New Zealand nature w...

For my last posting on our pelagic trip in Hauraki Gulf on December 3, 2011, I am concentrating on the two smallest birds of the trip....