Well, I've subscribed and will start the ball rolling by reporting Whimbrel and Terek Sandpiper still at Manawatu Estuary last Sunday. Some Wgtn members of...
G'day fellow Birding-NZers, Recent highlights from Canterbury - Sunday Nov 18 Steve Wratten and Colin Hill saw the following at Lake Ellesmere: Sharp-tailed...
Nick Allen
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Nov 22, 2001 11:07 am
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Greetings from the Top of the South Island. OSNZ carried out the annual spring wadercensus in the weekend of 17/18 November 2001. At Farewell Spit we found...
Rob Schuckard
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Nov 22, 2001 8:16 pm
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Hi all, Good to see some reports already, thought I would add some recent sightings that have been reported for the Auckland area by various people - Miranda...
Brent Stephenson
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Nov 22, 2001 9:19 pm
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Hi all, HB summer census was conducted last weekend (17/18 Nov). I haven't got all the info together from Ahuriri on the Saturday, but the Sunday trip to...
Brent Stephenson
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Nov 22, 2001 9:22 pm
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18 Nov birds at Manawatu Est included: Terek Sandpiper, Turnstone, Little Tern and Asiatic Whimbrel I just got a letter from Tony Wilson who had a possible...
Brent Stephenson and others saw the Common Sandpiper at Mangere SW again this afternoon ( saturday). No sign of the previously reported Gt Knot there. The Ruff...
There was a Great Knot found and videotaped by myself on the Manawatu Estuary at this evenings high tide. A rather pale bird with light greenish yellow legs...
Hi all The ruff at Miranda has not been seen since late Fri (23/11/01) morn, about 6 hours before I got there!! It was not seen during extensive searching of...
Brent Stephenson
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Nov 25, 2001 10:07 am
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Found by Coiln Hill at Embankment Road on Monday November 26. On dry land near pools not far from the fenceline Steve Wratten...
Wratten, Steve
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Nov 27, 2001 12:33 am
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Hi all, Spent both the early morning and late evening high tides at the Manawatu yesterday (26/11) searching for the great knot. No sign of it, and Sav came...
Brent Stephenson
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Nov 27, 2001 12:43 am
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Hi all, Just had a call from Margaret Fraser in Wairoa. They saw a common sandpiper on the beach at Mahanga, just north of Mahia Peninsula on the east coast,...
Brent Stephenson
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Nov 27, 2001 12:43 am
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Hi All and congratulations on your new list......it's been a long time coming! As a birder from over the Tasman please take a peek at our site and if you're...
Tom Tarrant
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Nov 28, 2001 10:24 am
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An English biring mate has belatedly sent me a report of a possible Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, on 15 Nov, at Gulf Harbour. The bird was on a grass lawn area...
Dear all, There are now 2 Little Whimbrels at the Clarks Road area of Lake Ellesmere. Also seen - 101 Red-necked Stints, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Sharp-tailed ...
Nick Allen
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Nov 30, 2001 9:59 am
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Quite a few people saw saw this possible Chestnut-breasted Shelduck but in the end it was generally agreed it wasn't one. Just an aberrant Paradise Shelsuck,...
Stella & David Pye
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Nov 30, 2001 7:05 pm
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Hi, Received via the BIRDING-AUS newsgroup, from Barbara Burns in Victoria, on Friday 30/11. Interesting record and if it is indeed an NZ paradise duck, it...
Brent Stephenson
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Dec 2, 2001 8:08 am
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Does anyone have any updated info on the Christchurch Little Whimbrels or the Miranda Ruff?? There have been no further sightings of the Manawtu Gt Knot. Sav...
Hi all, Not a lot to report in HB. Have been sightings of sharp-tailed and pectoral sand, red-necked stint, and turnstone around Ahuriri over the last week or...
Brent Stephenson
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Dec 6, 2001 8:04 pm
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Further to Sav's email - Any clarification on the godwit mentioned by Nick below? Cheers Brent...
Brent Stephenson
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Dec 6, 2001 8:46 pm
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I don't know about the godwit (see below) but there is a wader survey of Lake Ellesmere tomorrow which covers the key bird areas. Steve W ... Date sent:...
Wratten, Steve
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Dec 6, 2001 11:41 pm
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Gday: We just finished a trip around NZ and to the Chathams. Great place, the last. I hope this is suitable for this list; it's great to finally have our ...
Ross Silcock
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Dec 7, 2001 2:04 am
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Hi All, I'm not sure if you are aware but there are a couple of superb Japanese photographic bird-guides which I was recently given by visiting birders, ...
Following on from my earlier message anyone wishing to see samples of the field-guides please visit this URL: http://ats.com.au/~aviceda/japanguides.htm Please...
A big hello from sunny Canterbury, A few of the more interesting sightings from the summer wader count - 7/12/01 Ki-wainono Lagoon. The lagoons were very high,...
Nick Allen
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Dec 8, 2001 7:26 am
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Dear Nick, I wonder if you can send some of that fine weather up here? "The funny godwit is/was a crippled Black-tailed Godwit" : What was the nature of the...
Tovey-Nicholsons
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Dec 8, 2001 9:01 pm
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Still got a Terek Sandpiper and a Little Tern. Also 3 Turnstones, 1 Wrybill and about 13 very elusive Pacific Golden Plover. Sav. [Non-text portions of this...
Dear All, Apparently the Ruff at Miranda was last seen on 23rd November. Not of great rarity I know, but we've had a Turnstone here at Opoutere (Coromandel...