This may be of interest. David From: orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com [mailto:orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of andyadcock@... Sent:...
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Nov 1, 2011 8:42 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Brent Stephenson has posted an important message at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Hi all, Great day yesterday in Pureora...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Nov 2, 2011 3:08 am
Bird is here right now - 1600 on Wed 2/11. Cheers, Brent Brent Stephenson PhD (Ornithology) Eco-Vista: Photography & Research Ltd + Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ -...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Nov 2, 2011 3:37 am
The fieldtrip report follows, below: RECENT SIGHTINGS: A pair of Tui has been reported taking up residence in Govenors Bay. Apparently a male and female, so...
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Suzan Phillips
suzanphillipsnz@...
Nov 2, 2011 5:22 am
Have you voted for Kaka in Forest and Bird's "Bird of the Year" yet ? YES ! All our native/endemic birds are special, but let's raise awareness of our most...
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Gerald Freeman
rhyd@...
Nov 3, 2011 8:40 am
Hell All, This nest caught my eye, so I'm passing it on. Gerald Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: 009 Note: To...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Nov 6, 2011 7:41 am
Saw and heard a long tailed cuckoo along French Pass Road between Elaine Bay and French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds, in Savill Garnes Bay Reserve. Cheers ...
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Wratten, Stephen
Steve.Wratten@...
Nov 7, 2011 1:52 am
Colin Hill and I went from Greenpark in the east to Yarr's Reserve in the west Hundreds of hectares of dry, whitish, salty mud and not a bird in site, apart...
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Nov 7, 2011 8:15 pm
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Brent Stephenson has posted an important message at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Hi all, Having a great time in the South...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Nov 7, 2011 8:31 pm
Lovely stuff, Brent, great break from electioneering reading your blog. Jan ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Suzan Phillips
suzanphillipsnz@...
Nov 8, 2011 10:04 am
Had time for a bit of bird watching on the way north-east from Wellington this week ... no Shore Plovers at Plimmerton (but it was a breezy warm sunny Sunday...
Heard a rifleman pair near our garage in Robinsons Bay Banks Peninsula today for the first time this spring. Good to know they survived the winter. For those...
Hi Jan It is Coast up Close with Tony Muir. He has the old launch Wairiri which he has refurbished with big windows & lots of viewing space outside. ...
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Nov 9, 2011 5:53 pm
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Brent Stephenson has posted an important message at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Awesome couple of days down here in sunny...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Nov 9, 2011 8:23 pm
As David would say, 'this may be of interest'. Politicians scrabbling for votes maybe? Jan ... From: Jeremy Anderson <conserva@...> Date: Wed, Nov 9,...
Kia ora Could someone please help with this request? Dear Sir/Madam, I am a reporter with a teen magazine in Europe called Spot on (www.spoton.de), which...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Nov 10, 2011 9:43 pm
Jan has had difficulty adding a link to this - try the following: http://lottamadness.com/home/2011/10/17/jackal-vs-vulture-jakkals-en-aasvoel / Although...
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Battley, Phil
P.Battley@...
Nov 10, 2011 10:01 pm
I thought I recognised that rock! Birdphotographers.net voted a Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier) photo their Image Of The Year in 2009, and it seems to have been...
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Wratten, Stephen
Steve.Wratten@...
Nov 10, 2011 10:36 pm
A distant view with no bins of about 16 between Drain and Lake roads on Nov 10 Staying to breed? Cheers Steve ext 8221 ________________________________ P...
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Nov 11, 2011 4:52 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Clinton9 has posted an important message at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Question: I wondered...Are gull-billed terns...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Nov 11, 2011 6:33 am
Hi all, How many people have experienced shiny cuckoo's flying in their window? This year I already had three of which I could save two. They seem to be the...
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Rosemary Tully
rosemarytully@...
Nov 11, 2011 6:58 am
Hi, Many birds are brought into care to bird rescue centres through hitting windows. Some of the main casualties are Native Pigeon, Morepork, Long-tailed...
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David
lawrie@...
Nov 11, 2011 7:31 am
Clinton, Yes there seems to still be small groups in NZ. Most of the birds are juveniles, and not many have gone into breeding plumage, but I agree that we...
Hi Rob Shining cuckoos have been flying into windows for as long as windows have been part of the landscape. They are pretty birds, and most people have few ...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Nov 11, 2011 8:39 pm
Thanks Colin, I thought that that was the case. Still I wonder if it would be possible to have a electronic list somewhere where these strikes can get ...
Hi Rob eBird is ideal for recording this kind of information Cheers Colin From: Rob Schuckard [mailto:rschckrd@...] Sent: Saturday, 12 November 2011...
In New Zealand we don't do enough to prevent birds from flying into windows! There are means of avoiding (or at least reducing) birds flying into windows:...
The first year we lived here (2001) a shining cuckoo hit a window in the new 2nd storey of the house which we had most inconsiderately erected in its flight...
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giant.weta@...
Nov 12, 2011 6:32 pm
Hi all, Saw a House Sparrow yesterday in Ranui (female) that was significantly white in colour and I guess had only about 30-40% on it that would have been...
