Hi There was an NZ falcon hunting over the practice golf course at the junction of Te Ngae and Sala St, Rotorua, on tuesday. That's about 1km from the city...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Sep 1, 2004 8:12 pm
1831
Hi Everone I am visiting New Zealand in November this year, (will soon be counting the days). I would like to ask your opinions on the best Guide for birding...
By QE2 Park ChCh this pleasant Thursday morning a juvenile Dominican Gull atop a power pole.Enter magpie swiftly.Chase begins and D.Gull lets out a cry of...
The following message came from Pam McLeod of DoC, for anyone interested in folowing it up. I sort of assume that if they think it is a Southern GP it ought to...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Sep 2, 2004 5:09 am
1834
Hi all, We have organised another pelagic out of Tolaga Bay for Saturday 9 Oct 04. All previous trips have found at least one outstanding NZ rarity, so hoping...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Sep 2, 2004 5:13 am
1835
I've just picked up a giant petrel on a beach patrol on Matakana Island, BOP. Unfortunately, it was too far gone to ID which subsp. but was very dark. Looked...
Paul Cuming
birdo@...
Sep 2, 2004 9:59 am
1836
Dear Birders, My brother and I have just introduced a new feature on our web site Eurobirding.com, which can help you stay updated on new birdwatching trip ...
Ulrik Sørensen
usv@...
Sep 2, 2004 7:58 pm
1837
A breif reply from Ian Sinclair. I will keep the observation on the hypothetical list for Peru. I had this in my out folder in my laptop but got some problems...
Hi If you're thinking of going to Tolaga with Sav on the 9th. Steve Wood and I are taking a boat out from Hick's Bay the following day. Thought it would be ...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Sep 3, 2004 7:05 pm
1839
Dear Mr. Jansen and Dr. Hitchmough, I have just read the article in this week's Listener on the South Island kokako and was perfectly shocked that you are...
I'm visiting NZ later this year and was wondering what the eco-islander to Great Barrier Island was like for seabirds? Thanks for any info Nick UK...
Nick Morgan
nick.morgan1@...
Sep 4, 2004 9:38 pm
1841
kia ora well, I have read about the possibility but am now observing a pair of paradise shelduck which seem to be nesting in a tree here! Very odd to see ducks...
kia ora again also I had no iea that eastern rosellas were so very numerous here at Manawhe west of Whakatane and close to Lake Rotoma http://nzbirds.com...
Several times in early spring I have seen a pair of Shelduck land in my 30m high pine trees in the Waitakere ranges and walk along some of the larger branches,...
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Sep 5, 2004 9:19 am
1844
Last year I've found paradise shelduck nest (with 7 eggs) on the roof of the garage shed on Waiheke Island. It was in the middle of residential area. The birds...
Ted Wnorowski
twnorowski@...
Sep 5, 2004 11:36 am
1845
Just over a week ago I was asked what "a big white bird that looks like an owl" might be. It was seen a few times during daylight over of a couple of days on a...
The first migrant of the year here - a Turnstione at Rahotu today. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barry Hartley
Barry_Hartley@...
Sep 6, 2004 5:05 am
1847
Hi all, A small group of us went up to Big Sand Island on Saturday. Highlight of the unusual species was the grey plover, still present, it seems to have been...
Gillian Vaughan
gillianv@...
Sep 6, 2004 8:20 am
1848
In CHCH Paradise Shelduck have successfully recolonised urban waterways and parks over the last few years. Typical nest sites are disused chimneys, and holes...
Hi all Last December there was a family of Shelducks in the car park / water front at Picton. The young would have been no more than a few days old judging by ...
Snowball, Martin
Martin.Snowball@...
Sep 6, 2004 7:58 pm
1850
I saw a pair of P Shelducks high up in a tree at Kaitoke (Upper Hutt) one spring - never went back to check how they were getting on :-( Stuart ... From:...
Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Sep 6, 2004 8:05 pm
1851
Hi all, The following message received today - the Shining Cuckoo is very early for this neck of the woods (for anywhere in NZ?). Sav Saville Wrybill Birding...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Sep 7, 2004 7:11 am
1852
Has anyone heard word of the Godwits beginning to leave Alaska yet? AC ********************************************************************** This electronic...
There were up to 40 on Saturday am in the new wetland area opposite the car park at Heathcote Bay. I suspect they are some of the birds that "overwintered"...
Rob Lawrence
birdman21@...
Sep 7, 2004 8:26 pm
1854
Hi Everyone, It was interesting to see a Kaka in the Miranda area on the weekend. For anyone who doesn't know the area, it is largely dairy farming with a ...
To Birding NZ - I heard a shining cuckoo on Thursday September 2nd at Otari-Wilton's Bush, Wilton, Wellington. Ros Batcheler [Non-text portions of this message...
R & D Batcheler
batcheler@...
Sep 8, 2004 5:34 am
1856
Not yet Andrew but Phil Battley and Bob Gill should be in the field at the moment looking for departing godwits. I'll let you know when I hear anything....
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Sep 8, 2004 7:08 am
1857
A query (which I couldn't answer) and tip from a colleauge (John Kean, Agresearch, email: john.kean@...), cheers, Frances I wondered if you knew...
No new Godwits in Christchurch yet - just the over-wintering flock of c.187 birds. Has anyone picked up any obvious new migrant Godwits from anywhere else in...
Just back from the Ashley river mouth and estuary and spring is in the air!! Saw grey warblers copulating, White necked Herons building a nest, Swallows ...
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