G'day one and all, Am hoping to organize a pelagic out of Kawhia Harbour to a place called the Mokau Trench. I haven't a clue what we might find, it's going to...
wendy hare
whare@...
Aug 1, 2004 7:56 am
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Today Gillian Vaughan, Ian Southey and I assisted Fish and Game with their annual NZ Shoveler count, by going to Karaka and the Tuakau sewer ponds, and found...
David
lawrie@...
Aug 1, 2004 8:48 am
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I saw three bitterns perched unsteadily in the tops of mangroves one day at Jordan's several years ago. Adrian Riegen...
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Aug 1, 2004 12:26 pm
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Since the subject's come up, here's my piopio story, just as an illustration of the sort of frustrating encounter that happens. Lots of people have stories...
David Riddell and Ann...
Number8@...
Aug 1, 2004 10:59 pm
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I know someone who once mentioned having seen piopio. Details are: "January 1970 in the understorey of tall podocarp forest on the river flat behind the Lion's...
Hi all I wandered down to the Ashley R (just above the Rangiora bridge) on Saturday, the last day in July, with glorious cloudless skies and the mountains...
Tony Crocker
tony.crocker@...
Aug 2, 2004 2:10 am
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That's an interesting part of the country. About 1987 I was in the next valley over, in the headwaters of the Whakatane River, with three others, checking out...
David Riddell and Ann...
Number8@...
Aug 2, 2004 5:25 am
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As someone from a well-known, crowded and intensively surveyed little island in the northern hemisphere I've found this thread on the possibility of 'extinct'...
nick.morgan1@...
Aug 2, 2004 10:22 am
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Yep, but also consider this.......... In NZ, people have this belief that most bits of bush are fairly regualrly tramped through and any rare birds would be...
Folks, if we/you want to save NZ birds from extinction, rediscover "lost" species or (like us in CHCH) assist species to stage population recoveries and...
kia ora Andrew is so right. Don't wait for "permission" to go out there and look and listen, just do it. New Zealand's birding fraternity is really a very...
More info on the Te Urewera piopio sighting I referred to earlier if anyone is interested: "I saw a pair but was first alerted to their presence by their...
Hi all, I have just got back from a week in LA. It was primarily a work trip, but I managed to get out and about a fair bit to do a little birding...... The...
Sav Saville
binzsav@...
Aug 4, 2004 7:26 am
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Sav Kinda nice to hear of some familiar birds. Good work of the hummers You must get to Sierra Vista, southwest of Tucson AZ in Spring or Malhuer NWR in SW...
Lawrence Family
rlawrenc@...
Aug 4, 2004 6:53 pm
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Hi I had this letter yesterday from Edgecumbe in the Bay of Plenty. "I wonder if you can help me identify some birds that came into my garden Tuesday 20th...
Hi, I shall be in Auckland on business this weekend, and hope to be doing some birding. I want to maximise chances of seeing the following: Spotted shag ...
Howdy Rosemary It is a toughie trying to ID from a description at times Just to toss some thoughts to you: Red Vented Bulbul Has white in the tails but not...
Lawrence Family
rlawrenc@...
Aug 4, 2004 10:45 pm
1766
... Hi, This does not seem likely though on the list of Mallee birds posted by Parks Victoria (Australia) there are records of Short-tailed Shearwater and...
Hi, Pelagics will never be the same after this. Having done quite a few since arriving in NZ and been thrown around, soaked and half frozen - this was sheer...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Aug 7, 2004 2:04 am
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Thanks Tim. Great trip - sounds like the ultimate pelagic ! And all with no chumming and not a fish thrown ! There was a discussion at Ak OSNZ meeting this...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Aug 7, 2004 4:29 am
1769
Hi There were eight cattle egret close by the Kaituna Rd at Maketu this afternoon. They were feeding in some flooded fields with white-faced herons. Cheers Tim...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Aug 8, 2004 6:55 am
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Hello, I am a Chinese student. I study Ecotourism in the UK. Now I am doing my dissertation. My research project is " Bird-watching market in China". Your...
kia ora I suppose everyone caught up with this item? http://abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1127115.htm New Zealand Birds http://nzbirds.com...
Dear all Does anyone know of a spot in the Wellington region where it is fairly reliable to see Little Blue Penguins coming ashore that would be accessible for...
Snowball, Martin
Martin.Snowball@...
Aug 8, 2004 11:41 pm
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G'day folks, Thanks to all those who responded and expressed interest in heading west on 4th Sept. Unfortunatley not enough people were available on the...
wendy hare
whare@...
Aug 9, 2004 10:02 pm
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Hi all, I have recently completed an essay on the New Zealand falcon. It made me realise just how lacking and old our most of knowledge on this threatened...
A falcon has been resident on my parents farm at Waitomo for several years now. I've never seen two together there but a short time after this bird appeared,...
Another classic happened about 10 years ago. A very small no of NZ Falcons have been seen on Banks Pen in recent years. One discovered the captive bird cages...
Did you try to get data from the NZ Bird atlas scheme Trevor H. Worthy Palaeofaunal Surveys 2A Willow Park Drive Masterton, New Zealand Phone/Fax (06) 3777166 ...
Trevor Worthy
twmoa@...
Aug 11, 2004 3:14 am
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kia ora The real question is why have there been no prosecutions? http://newzealandbirds.co.nz...
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