Dear all, We have been working on a project in the Top of South Island involving Little Penguin. When we visited one of the colonies in Tasman Bay this week, ...
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Lloyd Esler
esler@...
Dec 3, 2010 2:40 am
Hello all, I've got a shining cuckoo here that doesn't know when to say whiuuu. 36 cooees first! I wonder how they decide when the whiuuu comes. Cheers Lloyd...
Hi The shining cuckoos are here ( Robinsons Bay Akaroa) but a lot quieter than past years & seem to be calling lots of coooees before the whiuu.in years past...
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noreply@...
Dec 3, 2010 8:57 pm
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Christopher has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: last saturday and sunday during the...
Like the other observers, I've noticed that Shining Cuckoos are very obvious on my visit this year, and extremely vocal. In North/Central North Island I've...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Dec 4, 2010 12:46 am
Hi Terry, Like I said [a John Key phrase, must stop using it], in HANZAB the food of shining cuckoos is stated as predominantly insects etc. The only eggs...
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noreply@...
Dec 4, 2010 4:04 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Bruce McKinlay has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: I followed up on an email and...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Dec 4, 2010 4:46 am
In a talk to Canterbury OSNZ a few years ago Jim Briskie reported on his putting of dummy cuckoo eggs in the nests of several species of birds. All apart from...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Dec 4, 2010 5:07 am
Please vote for the Spoonbilled Sandpiper! David ... From: orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com [mailto:orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Krys...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Dec 4, 2010 5:07 am
FYI David From: ramsar-forum-bounces@... [mailto:ramsar-forum-bounces@...] On Behalf Of PENEA Oana Sent: Saturday, 4 December 2010...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Dec 4, 2010 7:22 am
I looked at signing this, but it seems you have to be a kid, is that right? It asks for your birthday and suchlike. Any ideas? Cheers, jan ... [Non-text...
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noreply@...
Dec 4, 2010 5:34 pm
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Neil Fitzgerald has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Looks like a big tide this...
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noreply@...
Dec 4, 2010 5:34 pm
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Neil Fitzgerald has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Looks like a big tide this...
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whare@...
Dec 4, 2010 10:57 pm
HI Jan I just did this - didnt seem to mind that i wasn't a kid when i put in my birthdate - you do however need a valid US zip code. Try 01742 I have voted...
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noreply@...
Dec 5, 2010 2:30 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Wynston Cooper has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Two Black Stilts were seen at the...
Today whilst bird counting around the Auckland airport area we were rewarded with a good look at a Bittern. The wetland at the top of Orurangi Creek off...
I watched a friendly Robin bounce around the Hawdon shelter, then head up into a nest close buy. Looking at the front of the shelter, from the right-hand side...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Dec 6, 2010 8:57 pm
Anyone want to give this a go?! David ... From: BirdsinRussia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BirdsinRussia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Braun Sent: Monday, 6...
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Christine Zeiler
c_zeiler@...
Dec 7, 2010 12:04 am
Found washed up on Arkles Bay beach, Whangaparaoa, today around midday. Christine...
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kevinv@...
Dec 7, 2010 7:48 am
My thanks to all who have been contributing birds and places on this forum! We have gone to as many as possible and had a great year catching up on NZ and its...
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Kathy & Erik
forsythkd@...
Dec 7, 2010 9:06 am
Hi all just back from a camping weekend at Tawharanui where I recorded: NI Brown Kiwi- heard calling in the forest late at night. Morepork- 3 birds heard near...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 7, 2010 6:34 pm
Ha hah! Does this mean my record has finally been broken? 206 in 2006? 215 in 2010...and still a month or so to go! Well done if so, you will have to send me...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Dec 7, 2010 7:06 pm
Well done, Janie. Come down to Canterbury again. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kathy & Erik
forsythkd@...
Dec 7, 2010 7:47 pm
Hi all forgot to mention that good views were had of Buff-banded Rail at 8:00pm on Friday at the lake close to the entrance gate and brief sightings twice at a...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Dec 7, 2010 9:21 pm
hey, I voted at last> Thanks Wendy for the help with a postcode. When I first logged in a few days ago, I couldn't vote straight away, so maybe it had to...
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noreply@...
Dec 8, 2010 3:45 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Brent Stephenson has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Hi all, I was involved with an...
Hi Erik and all A plea to anyone who suspects that they have found a beach-wrecked wedge-tailed shearwater - please get what ever fragmentary remains you find...
After visiting the Black Stilt recovery centre near Twizel today I went in search of some wild birds. No sign of them in the places I was told to check, but I...
Good views of the pair of Black Stilt at Ben Avon wetlands, Ahuriri. They seem to spend their time chasing a pair of Pied Stilt round and round the little ...
