Well, I've subscribed and will start the ball rolling by reporting Whimbrel and Terek Sandpiper still at Manawatu Estuary last Sunday. Some Wgtn members of...
G'day fellow Birding-NZers, Recent highlights from Canterbury - Sunday Nov 18 Steve Wratten and Colin Hill saw the following at Lake Ellesmere: Sharp-tailed...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Nov 22, 2001 8:16 pm
Greetings from the Top of the South Island. OSNZ carried out the annual spring wadercensus in the weekend of 17/18 November 2001. At Farewell Spit we found...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Nov 22, 2001 9:19 pm
Hi all, Good to see some reports already, thought I would add some recent sightings that have been reported for the Auckland area by various people - Miranda...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Nov 22, 2001 9:22 pm
Hi all, HB summer census was conducted last weekend (17/18 Nov). I haven't got all the info together from Ahuriri on the Saturday, but the Sunday trip to...
18 Nov birds at Manawatu Est included: Terek Sandpiper, Turnstone, Little Tern and Asiatic Whimbrel I just got a letter from Tony Wilson who had a possible...
Brent Stephenson and others saw the Common Sandpiper at Mangere SW again this afternoon ( saturday). No sign of the previously reported Gt Knot there. The Ruff...
There was a Great Knot found and videotaped by myself on the Manawatu Estuary at this evenings high tide. A rather pale bird with light greenish yellow legs...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Nov 25, 2001 10:07 am
Hi all The ruff at Miranda has not been seen since late Fri (23/11/01) morn, about 6 hours before I got there!! It was not seen during extensive searching of...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Nov 27, 2001 12:33 am
Found by Coiln Hill at Embankment Road on Monday November 26. On dry land near pools not far from the fenceline Steve Wratten...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Nov 27, 2001 12:43 am
Hi all, Spent both the early morning and late evening high tides at the Manawatu yesterday (26/11) searching for the great knot. No sign of it, and Sav came...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Nov 27, 2001 12:43 am
Hi all, Just had a call from Margaret Fraser in Wairoa. They saw a common sandpiper on the beach at Mahanga, just north of Mahia Peninsula on the east coast,...
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Tom Tarrant
aviceda@...
Nov 28, 2001 10:24 am
Hi All and congratulations on your new list......it's been a long time coming! As a birder from over the Tasman please take a peek at our site and if you're...
An English biring mate has belatedly sent me a report of a possible Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, on 15 Nov, at Gulf Harbour. The bird was on a grass lawn area...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Nov 30, 2001 9:59 am
Dear all, There are now 2 Little Whimbrels at the Clarks Road area of Lake Ellesmere. Also seen - 101 Red-necked Stints, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Sharp-tailed ...
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Stella & David Pye
morton.pye@...
Nov 30, 2001 7:05 pm
Quite a few people saw saw this possible Chestnut-breasted Shelduck but in the end it was generally agreed it wasn't one. Just an aberrant Paradise Shelsuck,...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Dec 2, 2001 8:08 am
Hi, Received via the BIRDING-AUS newsgroup, from Barbara Burns in Victoria, on Friday 30/11. Interesting record and if it is indeed an NZ paradise duck, it...
Does anyone have any updated info on the Christchurch Little Whimbrels or the Miranda Ruff?? There have been no further sightings of the Manawtu Gt Knot. Sav...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Dec 6, 2001 8:04 pm
Hi all, Not a lot to report in HB. Have been sightings of sharp-tailed and pectoral sand, red-necked stint, and turnstone around Ahuriri over the last week or...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Dec 6, 2001 8:46 pm
Further to Sav's email - Any clarification on the godwit mentioned by Nick below? Cheers Brent...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Dec 6, 2001 11:41 pm
I don't know about the godwit (see below) but there is a wader survey of Lake Ellesmere tomorrow which covers the key bird areas. Steve W ... Date sent:...
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Ross Silcock
silcock@...
Dec 7, 2001 2:04 am
Gday: We just finished a trip around NZ and to the Chathams. Great place, the last. I hope this is suitable for this list; it's great to finally have our ...
Hi All, I'm not sure if you are aware but there are a couple of superb Japanese photographic bird-guides which I was recently given by visiting birders, ...
Following on from my earlier message anyone wishing to see samples of the field-guides please visit this URL: http://ats.com.au/~aviceda/japanguides.htm Please...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Dec 8, 2001 7:26 am
A big hello from sunny Canterbury, A few of the more interesting sightings from the summer wader count - 7/12/01 Ki-wainono Lagoon. The lagoons were very high,...
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Tovey-Nicholsons
nicholson@...
Dec 8, 2001 9:01 pm
Dear Nick, I wonder if you can send some of that fine weather up here? "The funny godwit is/was a crippled Black-tailed Godwit" : What was the nature of the...
Still got a Terek Sandpiper and a Little Tern. Also 3 Turnstones, 1 Wrybill and about 13 very elusive Pacific Golden Plover. Sav. [Non-text portions of this...
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Wendy Hare
whare@...
Dec 9, 2001 4:19 am
Dear All, Apparently the Ruff at Miranda was last seen on 23rd November. Not of great rarity I know, but we've had a Turnstone here at Opoutere (Coromandel...
