I had a look in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary yesterday for signs of nest prospecting in our kākāriki karaka population. I saw a few pairs feeding in the canopy, and on a couple of occasions were peering into potential nest holes. A volunteer I met during the day mentioned he had seen one of a pair entering a hole in a beech tree. Nest prospecting can last for quite some time (a few weeks to a few months) before the biological trigger for egg laying becomes apparent.
In the meantime, some photos of my little green friends from yesterday. Lighting was rather harsh (patchy sunlight and deep shade), I tried an experiment with underexposing and correcting in post. I kinda like the outcome, not sure about the bokeh in the fourth photo though, nice for a change but I would not like it like that all the time.
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