on the 31st July I visited Kaituna cut and Maketu to check on Tim Barnards birds while he was away chasing Thin Billed Prions!! 47 Royal Spoonbill, 4 Cattle...
Hi, a short request for comments: I took pictures of an immature Wandering Albatross in January, off Kaikoura. Now I am "wandering" about the subspecies (sorry...
Hi all, Nothing too startling to report from the Manawatu Estuary today, but still a decent flock of 36 Wrybill present, a handful of Banded Dots and about 20...
G'day, Sorry this is slightly off-topic but, myself and a colleague are considering doing a pelagic for beaked whales in the summer. The area off E.Cape on...
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Ruth & Peter Reese
ruth.peterr@...
Aug 6, 2003 8:59 am
Hi, I thought a change from waders and seabirds might be good. Members of OSNZ Wellington have colour banded a number of Tui about the City over the Winter....
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Aug 6, 2003 10:06 am
Hello Simon Between Oct 2000 - Feb 2001 a pod of Arnoux's beaked whale was seen in the Inner Hauraki Gulf as part of a study on cetaceans - (Summer cetacean ...
A big thanks to all those who repsonded to my Fernbird and Blue Duck query. I will let the list know how I got on and hopefully if all goes well I will put...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Aug 7, 2003 2:18 am
Dear all, This update may be of interest. Cheers David Melville ... From: "Charlie Moores" <wbkenglish@...> To: <orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 8, 2003 1:39 am
Hi all, Just thought I would draw people's attention to the John Ridgway 'Save the Albatross' Voyage 2003-04. The aim of this voyage is to prevent the ...
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N & A Peetz
peetz@...
Aug 11, 2003 10:03 am
Prior to Dec 2001 I had never seen a NZ Falcon and was determined to go looking. With a policy of trying to identify every bird seen during my daily routine,...
For Alan Tennyson at Te Papa: It seems that we have NZ's third Manx Shearwater in our {Te Papas} it has been kicking around in a few different places and...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 15, 2003 2:35 am
Hi all, A request for volunteers this coming summer......an interesting topic and a nice part of the country! Volunteer(s) needed for a Massey University...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 15, 2003 4:31 am
Hi all, Sorry, but should have pointed out volunteers are not required for the entire summer period! Any period of time would be welcomed, although preferably...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Aug 15, 2003 10:38 pm
Dear all, The latest ffrom Korea for your information. David ... From: WBKENGLISH@... Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 5:19 AM Subject: Saemangeum: what the...
Could someone please help with this? I was hoping you might be able to help answer a question we have…? I live in central auckland near one tree hill and...
The moon has been showing well during the last week, so perhaps birds are
thinking it is day. Tui will sing during the night. On another subject, I have had...
Blackbirds at this time of year tend to chirp thru the night if they are close to artificial lights (at least they do in some parts of CHCH) AC ... From:...
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mgturner
mgturner@...
Aug 19, 2003 8:17 am
I live in this neighbourhood too - my slumber is disturbed by Song Thrush at all odd times of the night; especially (as Rosemary Tully pointed out) when the...
Hi: My parents and I will be visiting New Zealand in a few weeks and were curious about current locations for several bird species we weren't able to locate...
Yesterday I had a call from a guy who saw a small bird of prey on a fence
post in McLean's Road Awakeri, (Near Whakatane, Bay of Plenty). He said it
was much...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 23, 2003 12:30 am
Hi all, On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I spent several hours each afternoon at Waitangi, near Clive, Hawke's Bay. On the Tuesday there was a small...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Aug 24, 2003 12:04 am
I recently spent a few days at Rotorua, and checked a few birding spots, and there were no visible Marsh Crakes!!! The Australian Little Grebes at Lake...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Aug 26, 2003 4:18 am
Hi all Just a little advance notice, in case anyone is interested from further afield than Canterbury/West Coast and wants to put some plans in place. We're...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 26, 2003 6:30 am
Hi all, Sorry this one is really late notice. I am looking at the possibility of organising a Whitianga pelagic on Sunday 7 September 2003 - that's not this...
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Lawrence Family
rlawrenc@...
Aug 26, 2003 12:02 pm
Any one interested in a Trip to Stewart Island 10-13 Oct please contact Rob Lawrence rlawrence@... for details 5 places House accommodation on...
Hi folks, I wonder if anyone can help with the following query? Just north of CHCH on the nth bank of the Waimakariri River near Kaiapoi, the Waimakariri...
If anyone could help me that would be great. I'm presently involved in a hearing where a marina is proposed, in Tairua Harbour, in an important area for...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Aug 28, 2003 7:11 pm
As I understand it, (and you could visit the Ramsar website HYPERLINK http://www.ramsar.org/index.html#top http://www.ramsar.org/index.html#top to confirm,...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Aug 28, 2003 7:15 pm
Dear Andrew, Re "pathogens and nasties in bird poo as compared to say, dog poo ..." We had an interesting talk from Geoff de Lisle once at OSNZ Wgtn and he...
