About Jack

All my pictures you see in this website have been taken with digital cameras, I use a Canon 30d, 40d and 7d and most shots of birds with either a Canon 400L f5.6 or Canon70-200L f2.8 lens.

My wife, Cindy and I operate “Sea to Summit Expeditions” running regular sea bird trips around Lord Howe Island on MV “Noctiluca”.

The scientific information comes from the books; Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the world
by Derek Onley & Paul Scofild
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
by Simpson & Day,
A Field Guide to the Birds of Lord Howe Island
by Ian Hutton.

This website is a photographic essay of one of my passions,
Birds of Lord Howe Island.
Enjoy the website.
Jack Shick.

Jack Shick Photography

I’m a fifth generation Islander with my family roots going back to the Thompson family who arrived here in 1853. I have spent most of my life living on the Island.

I’m not sure when I first got into birds, I guess it’s osmosis living in nature all the time. My Dad Ray Shick has a very keen interest in wildlife and botany. As teenagers he would take us out banding Flesh-footed Shearwaters, not the normal activities for young teenagers but we did have fun. My job was to hold the bird while a band was fitted (they bite and scratch really hard.) The Shearwaters breed on Lord Howe Island each year and then migrate half way around the world and return. I first picked up a camera when I was around ten, bought my first SLR at 18 and have been hooked ever since. Digital has made wildlife photography boom. It doesn’t cost you to push the delete button!!