Hi and a Happy New Year to everyone. Had a check around both estuaries yesterday, some good numbers of sharp-tails present at Little Waihi. No sign of the...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Jan 1, 2004 7:36 pm
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BlankHowdy all Whew after yesterdays heat Darfield blasted past 40 ....counting penguins on Cape Adare sounds pretty good EMBANKMENT RD 2 Jan 2004 3 black...
Lawrence Family
rlawrenc@...
Jan 2, 2004 2:38 am
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Hi All - Happy New Year and Great Birding Adventures in 2004! We had a wee break in the South (Punakaiki and elsewhere) with family over Xmas etc. A few...
kwtl@...
Jan 2, 2004 9:57 am
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I've just spoken to Jim Hamilton who saw a LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Wanstead Lagoon, just south of Waipukarau in HB, yesterday. Jim is an experienced observer and...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jan 2, 2004 8:47 pm
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There seems may be as many as 3 (or just 1 highly mobile) Hudsonian Godwits in Canterbury with 1 at Ki-Wainono in late October (Alan Collins, Nick Allan), 1 at...
Happy New Year everyone. A small bird of prey has been seen again (Patrick Kavanagh) in roughly the
same area as before. ( I think it was around August last...
Hi all, Just back from a successful twitch to Hawkes Bay for the Lesser Yellowlegs at Wanstead Lagoon. The bird is at the far, southern, end of the lagoon...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jan 3, 2004 4:08 am
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Hi everyone and happy new year! Here is our trip report from our Hauraki Gulf Trip on the 2nd January. Another stunning Hauraki Gulf day with light winds. 11...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 4, 2004 4:16 am
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News travels fast thru the birding world but, for those that have not heard, David Lawrie, a regular contributor to this newsgroup, has been awarded the honour...
Saw the count of birds at Embankment Rd on the 2nd, as Tony, Jan. Filipe and myself had been out on the 1st, thought you would be interested in our count. 79...
Sheila Petch
petch@...
Jan 4, 2004 9:09 am
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Hey all, Have just been doing a harbour crawl of Southland. These are the highlights. Awarua Bay, 29-30/12/03 Bar-tailed Godwit 466 (one flagged orange/yellow)...
Well after hitting the Southern Harbours we started up the west coast – Ian had a contact for a charter boat in Haast and we wanted to see what we could find...
gillianv@...
Jan 4, 2004 10:21 pm
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Hi, Apanuni Saltmarsh today, saw the young banded rail family coming out
and feeding on the mud bank streams, op. the toilet block at the bottom of
McAlister...
Some of you may be interested in this? Rosemary Rosemary Tully (Whakatane Bird Rescue) 99, Otarawairere Road Whakatane, 3080 New Zealand Phone: 006473084347 ...
Hi all, Today, Jim Moore and I found a first winter COMMON TERN at the Manawatu estuary. It is a very dark bird, with a brown cast to the dark wing feathers (a...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jan 8, 2004 4:56 am
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Gwenda Pulham has requested that I tell you all about her day at Big Sand Island, Tapora in the Kaipara Harbour yesterday, not sure who were her witnesses. 37...
David
lawrie@...
Jan 9, 2004 8:43 am
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Last evening I was at the In Laws for dinner, and just before dusk I saw 6 Galah like birds flying into a clump of bush. By the time I had my binos organised...
David
lawrie@...
Jan 9, 2004 8:43 am
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Hi everyone Had a quick look around the estuary and the number of sharp-tails continues to build. Bar-tailed godwits 700 Red knot 115 Pied stilt 250 Pacific...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Jan 11, 2004 6:14 pm
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We did another run out into the Hauraki Gulf on 8 Jan. This is quite habit forming! Yet another glorious day - flat calm initially with finally a 10kn N breeze...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 12, 2004 12:32 am
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Hi Does anyone know if this bird is still around? Cheers Martin ... From: Sav Saville [mailto:sav@...] Sent: Saturday, 3 January 2004 5:11 p.m. ...
Snowball, Martin
Martin.Snowball@...
Jan 12, 2004 8:08 pm
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Brooklands 12/01/04 Tide too far out to see much, but 1 whimbrel 1 barwit 4 caspian tern 10+ pied stilt roosting Ashley Estuary 12/01/04 3 whimbrel 1 f-e...
Hi all Last week Lloyd Esler heard from a hunter/fisherman that he had seen family (2 adults and 3 young) of Blue Duck on Waiau River near Redcliffs between...
p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Jan 14, 2004 6:49 am
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At about 11am yesterday, 14/1/2004, a couple of Tuis mobbed a circling NZ Falcon above the Upper Reservoir at the Karori Sanctuary. The Falcon wasn't too...
Richard Bacon
richard.bacon@...
Jan 15, 2004 2:50 am
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Hello everyone, If you are among the many travelling birders who use trip reports in their trip planning, you might want to know about the new feature on our...
Ulrik Sørensen
usv@...
Jan 15, 2004 8:48 am
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Hi all, we have a couple more places left on our trip on the Hauraki Gulf tomorrow to look at seabirds. Let me know if you would like to come. We will be out...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 15, 2004 10:17 pm
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Today we were up before dawn to catch an early tide to show some southern some real birds at Karaka. The real unusual record however was not a wader but a...
David
lawrie@...
Jan 17, 2004 2:55 am
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Hi all, Just had a message from Brent. He has had at least 9 (nine) New Zealand Storm-petrels off Little Barrier today. Further details and trip report to...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jan 18, 2004 12:45 am
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Hi, Further to my last message, there were at least eleven NZSPs seen today off Little Barrier. The team spent the whole day at just the one spot, and...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jan 18, 2004 6:51 am
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Hi All Nightime in Paterson Inlet: With Philip Smith on a kiwi trip, experienced thick mist. Heard then saw Mottled Petrels while walking and then when we got...