Further to Sav's message - though I'm not sure if this counts as a "mainland" record. On 31 January 1984 a king penguin came ashore at Halfmoon Bay, Stewart...
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Barry Hartley
Barry_Hartley@...
Feb 1, 2005 10:27 am
... From: "Wim Vader" <wim@...> To: <birding-aus@...> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:22 PM Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] RFI: Wellington, NZ As...
Hi Everyone, Can anyone help me this this moth or put me on to someone who can? We can't find anything in our reference books. Thanks, Carol. Manu Tours. ... ...
Hi, The picture of the moth didn't happen on the last email. Does anyone one know of a person I could contact about moths especially Chatham Island moths? ...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Feb 1, 2005 11:12 pm
Dear all, Had a day or so in the Mackenzie over the weekend, arriving about 2pm Saturday, and departing about the same time Sunday. On the way stopped at Lake...
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Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 2, 2005 4:43 am
Hi all, Just back from an epic day out on the West Coast. The KING PENGUIN was there, larger than life, on Barrytown Beach, as advertised. Rohan Clark has...
Hello, all - anyone going to try for this bird tomorrow? I'm intending to take a ferry to Picton (perhaps arriving at 6:20 a.m.) and then see if I can rent a...
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Richard Fenner
r.fenner@...
Feb 3, 2005 4:06 am
I'm heading down to the West Coast and Wanaka in mid March and hoping to find time for a bit of birdwatching (family permitting). Can anyone let me know a...
Hello all - in case anyone is wondering about chasing the King Penguin at Barrytown, I can verify that it was still there as of 4:00 pm today (Feb. 3). Not...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Feb 3, 2005 8:05 am
Hi all, Well a few more good birds seen around the South Island. Of particular note was a falcon on 29/01 viewed through the scope for about 10 minutes,...
Hi folks, I visited the penguin yesterday also at midday. Watched it initially from 100m and then approached to 10m when I saw a lady and dog coming close and...
Victoria Park, Port Hills, Christchurch Protea Garden at start of Tawhairaunui Trail. One male bellbird Orange (or possibly red), White / Green, metal Feeding...
Eric Spurr (SpurrE@...) or Heather North (NorthH@...) at Landcare Research, Lincoln, are the people to talk to. Good...
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Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 4, 2005 6:27 am
Hi all, For those travelling across to the West Coast tomorrow (just do it Tim - it's not as if it's going to stop singing!). Just heard from Brent. He saw the...
Hi all Yesterday afternoon (3/2) there was a Red-necked Phalarope at the outlet/inlet to Lake Grassmere. It has the barest traces of breeding colour so may...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Feb 4, 2005 1:34 pm
Hi all, Just a quick email to let people heading to the West Coast this weekend know that the imm King penguin was still present midday today (Fri 04/02) and...
Just read on BBC World news that Bald Ibis flock located in Syria.Thought to have been extinct for 100 years.On BBC World's Earth Report 080205 NZT and early...
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Feb 4, 2005 11:38 pm
Hi everyone, I've just recieved a message from my husband Tim to say that the King Penguin has gone from the beach. He was working in Christchurch and took a...
... Hi, Trying to find info on whether this Ibis was ever listed as Extinct, but couldn't. All I can find is that it has become extinct in Europe and Turkey,...
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Trevor Worthy
twmoa@...
Feb 5, 2005 12:50 am
And in Turkey it has never been extinct either in that the species continued to exist as a managed populations formed from birds released from captive bred...
Bird news from CHCH 1 Chestnut-breasted Shelduck (female) at Bromley Oxidadtion Ponds (pond 2 - on NW side of Dyers Rd) with moulting flock of Paras 1416...
Enjoyed videoing the King Penguin (from a respectable distance) as it preened and flapped its flippers on Friday afternoon. Stayed overnight to check out the...
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gillian.pollock
gillian.pollock@...
Feb 5, 2005 6:52 pm
I feel upset and despairing at the way the king penguin at Barrytown has been treated, hopefully only by non-birders. This protected species should have...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Feb 5, 2005 10:37 pm
Hi all, I would like to add my voice to Gillian Pollocks regarding the sorry result of human interference for the King Penguin at Barrytown. As we all know...
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Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 6, 2005 2:14 am
Hi Karen, Chris, and all, I think you can be quite certain that the King Penguin was not harassed by birders at all. Those few lucky birders that got to see...
I agree with Sav - and if I weren't leaving for Canada in 2 days I'd be glad to camp out near the bird for a few days to help - but not many people would have...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Feb 6, 2005 10:05 am
Yep totally agree with you Sav, dont agree with taking it in to captivity at all, but allowing it sufficient space. It's really DOC's call and they may need a...
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Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 7, 2005 4:17 am
Hi all, Late last week Mike Imber alerted me to the presence of 3 ducks on Basil's Lagoon, at Flock House on the road from Bulls to Moanaroa Beach, which he...
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gillian.pollock
gillian.pollock@...
Feb 7, 2005 4:23 am
I sent an email to DOC in Nelson, 3 Feb, asking them to arrange for West Coast DOC to provide some protection for the penguin but didn't hear back. Most...
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Graeme Taylor
gtaylor@...
Feb 7, 2005 8:15 am
Hi folks I talked today with Chippy Woods (local DoC officer at Punakaiki). Apparently DoC decided to move the penguin on Saturday morning from the Barrytown...
