"Nature is shy and noncommittal in a crowd. To learn her secrets, visit her alone or with a single friend, at most. everything evades you, everything hides, even your thoughts escape you, when you walk in a crowd."
Edwin Way Teale. Circle o seasons. The Journal of a Naturalist Year.
And that's how I have always approached nature. However today I have visited the Miranda Shorebird Centre to attend what was an excellent talk by Dan who lives in Anchorage and is a researcher of shorebirds in Western Alaska. Today Dan was telling us about his experience and the challenges involved in studying Bar-tailed godwit. This shorebird breeds in Alaska and at this time of the year has returned to New Zealand its non-breeding habitats to share our summer in estuaries across the country.
More to follow......................