Best wishes and a healthy 2005 for all of you. For those with a keen interest in the most northern regions of our flyway, another expedition to Chukotka will...
Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Jan 1, 2005 10:56 pm
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I'm just coming into port at Wellington (ain't wireless grand) and had a good selection of seabirds out in the straight. About half way across, there was a...
Hi folks, just an update for the recent counts of estuarine birds in the CHCH area. Ashley Estuary - 3 FE Curlew, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Black Stilt present yesterday ...
Hi folks, not a lot to report except the nice collection of various Godwits and curlew sp around this summer, however in the last 4-6 weeks a live Sooty...
Hi all, A twitchable Brown Teal is at the Mangere Sewage Ponds at the end of the causeway to Puketutu Island. Sue Moore and I spotted it this afternoon, ...
Dropped into the Mangere STP this eve ~ 7:30 and found a good number of shorebirds on the flats. Gobs of Godwits and knots, including an orange flagged...
Hi folks, At Pakawau on 3/1/05 there were about 300 godwit of which 2 were flagged, one a local bird flagged white / green, and one with a red flag. Also a...
Hi Paid a visit to Ohiwa spit/tern island yesterday. Very reliable location for whimbrel. Bar-tailed godwit c.2000 Red knot 1 Asiatic whimbrel 1 Pacific golden...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Jan 5, 2005 12:08 am
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Hi all We did a couple of back to back trips out into the Hauraki Gulf 3 & 4 January 2005. There's a lot happening out there and looks as though the Gulf is...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 5, 2005 1:39 am
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After posting about the Black Stilt yesterday DOC requested a confirmation on the band colours. If I got it right, this would be the first time a captive...
2 Brown Teal, unbanded, were recorded yesterday at the lagoon adjacent to Waikanae estuary. As per Chamber's book dabchick, shoveller[1 female] and scaup were...
Hi all Visited Awarua Bay on Monday, Jan 3. Raining, cold (just the usual summer weather) 5 Eastern curlew (most I have seen at Awarua) 4 Golden plover 30+...
p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Jan 5, 2005 7:44 am
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Hi all, well the Cook's Petrels are flying overhead here again thick and fast, also heard a different call tonight - more like a shearwater? Any ideas what...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 5, 2005 9:50 am
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A while ago I put out a request for help in finding good spots to see Great Spotted Kiwi. Thanks ro those who sent me some info, here's what I...
I've been asked where around Christchurch are some good birding/photography spots for a couple of visiting Americans who will have a couple of days to spends...
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Lawrence Family
birdman21@...
Jan 6, 2005 3:10 am
2277
But then all you need to do is use binoculars from a distance! How about birds in view with the naked eye that are able to be identified like that? (Or birds...
That was of course remain, not remane... ___________________________________ Phil Battley Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Otago Postal...
that is a good one Phill it must have been the beautiful broom bare-bummed birthday bittern ... From: "Phil Battley" <philbattley@...> To:...
Lawrence Family
birdman21@...
Jan 6, 2005 5:26 am
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Hi All, greetings from Queensland. Marie and I have got a week at the Bay of Islands in a fortnight (18-26 Jan) and intend to do a pelagic on 22-23. We will be...
Hi, You can hear great-spots from the comfort of your bed in Arthur's Pass township - has to be the most comfortable way of experiencing the species! It is...
Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Jan 6, 2005 8:38 am
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Dear all, Spent 2 days based in Te Anau over the long weekend, and another 2 days driving there and back from Christchurch. A few highlights from the trip: ...
Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Jan 6, 2005 9:39 am
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Hi, Came across this today and thought it may interest birders in New Zealand. Apologies if it's "old" news (no pun intended) Giant Eagle of New Zealand. ...
I can't beat that, but once on a sandspit in Tasman Bay I had White Heron, Reef Heron and W/F heron all roosting together in 1 field of view - and ofcourse us...
Heaphy Track Great Spotted Kiwi also seen around Mackay Hut on the Heaphy. From Mackey Hut, take the side-track up the hill past the hut warden's hut and up ...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jan 6, 2005 7:44 pm
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OK I've taken the bait. Christmas Day 1972 Bharatpur India While eating Christmas lunch 4 of us watched 5 eagles feeding on a dead Samba Deer 30m from where we...
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Jan 6, 2005 8:27 pm
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Hi all Not quite in the league of the others, but Sheila Petch and I had White-fronted, Black-fronted, Little (1), Caspian and White-winged Black Terns...
Tony Crocker
tony.crocker@...
Jan 6, 2005 8:41 pm
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In my mind a sad indictment for conservation in New Zealand. A little old, but some may have missed it. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=9003103 ...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Jan 6, 2005 8:49 pm
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Also not the same league as others but on the wharf at Tiritiri Matangi Island some years ago were 3 little shag sitting side by side - one black, one pied and...
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