Hi Frances, from my observations of tui there appear to be only two feathers in the tui poi (albeit two lovely curved feathers). Young tui have none, but...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
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Mar 1, 2005 9:56 am
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Hi all, thanks for all the response to my question. I found what I was looking for in the list from the link http://bird.org.nz/nzrbn.htm. It might not be up ...
Hi all, The Australasian Wader Studies Group is having its 2-yearly conference in Nelson from 11-13 December this year, to tag along after the Australasian ...
Working at Haast last season, until January, I consistently saw Fluttering Shearwaters only from the beach and on a pelagic and I found them straight forward...
Hi all, A look at high tide Monday (1 March) under near perfect conditions found the following, but unable to get close to the birds. About 50% of the Godwits...
Hi all The Aussie Wood Duck is still at the Mueller Glacier terminal lake (1 March). Watched it swimming across the grey water of the lake between icebergs!...
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Mar 3, 2005 4:46 am
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Hi All, I've uploaded a web-page devoted to link images of Albatross species (http://www.aviceda.org/pelagic/aus_albatross.htm) recorded in Australasian...
For those people close to CHCH who need Numida meleagris on their list, there was a wild-looking flock of 6 on Wednesday in a field with cattle and S/W Plovers...
Further to my recent web-page on Australasian Albatross internet resources, http://www.aviceda.org/pelagic/aus_albatross.htm I have now uploaded similar ones...
Hi All 11 of us departed Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island for an all-day pelagic, weather SW 10kns at the Bay, with ominous rain clouds building in the west and...
kwtl@...
Mar 6, 2005 9:11 am
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On a Stewart Island pelagic yesterday (5 March) we saw 2 White-capped Albatross with marked oiling on their bodies and wings. Two birds about an hour apart,...
kwtl@...
Mar 6, 2005 9:16 am
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Hi all, So far 7 of us will be birding in the Far North at Easter & we have booked a full day pelagic from Houhora on Easter Sunday. The boat costs $800 for...
Just returned from working for 7 weeks on an Icebreaker, "Kapitan Khlebnikov" in the Ross Sea area. Two three and half week tourist trips back to back, the...
wendy hare
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Mar 7, 2005 2:02 am
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Hi all, A quick check of the Westshore Lagoon (Napier) early this evening showed 10 sharp-tailed sands, 14 golden plover - some showing very nice breeding...
Brent Stephenson
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Mar 7, 2005 9:27 am
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Back in the middle of February I reported that Dennis Buurman at Kaikoura had told me about a crested penguin that was photographed on Armer's Beach at...
Sav Saville
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Mar 9, 2005 6:20 am
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Hi Beautiful evening in the Bay of Plenty last night. Nothing unusual but a good selection of birds near the sportsground. Little terns still present and...
Barnard Family
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Mar 9, 2005 7:26 am
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Hi Just heard from Bert Lee that he saw another white-naped petrel off Tolaga Bay last sunday (6.03.05). As we suspected, they appear to regular visitors to...
Barnard Family
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Mar 9, 2005 8:11 pm
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Hi all After dropping in at the Bushy Point Reserve, Invercargill (7 March) with the aim of picking up Black Fantail, and not succeeding (again this season) at...
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Mar 10, 2005 4:36 am
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Down at Miranda this evening, one flock of knots (20 birds) and two flocks of godwits (48 and 12) took off at 18.17 h and headed off northwards, calling...
Hi folks, Being both wader/tern migration time and landbird migration time in Australia, a lot of birds would have moving along the Australian eastern seaboard...
Hi Given just a day or so to see some birds around Auckland I'd welcome your suggestions for good places to go. I guess Tiritiri Matangi is one, and maybe...
Dear all, Canterbury region OSNZ joined with Marlborough OSNZ and F&B Marlborough for a couple of days birding around Kaikoura. Saturday morning was spent...
Nick Allen
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Mar 13, 2005 9:42 am
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Hi folks, Has anyone seen the Ellesmere waders recently. If so, can you tell me what part of the lake they're at? cheers AC ...
Hi If anyone is over the Ohiwa Spit (Opotiki side) please keep your eyes open for Dotterels with botulism. Any other birds with the symptoms too. Symptoms:...
Greatings A team from OSNZ Nelson, used this weekends fantastic weather and spring tides to look for color flags and color bands. A satisfying harvest of both...
Rob Schuckard
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Mar 14, 2005 4:36 am
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... From: David To: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: Manukau waders On Saturday Tony Habraken, Ian Southey and I went...
David
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Mar 14, 2005 7:36 am
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Hi folks, Avon-Heathocte Godwits were c.1300 on 3/3, c.930 on 9/3 and <500 on 13/3. We had a turn out of 50 people to the Fraewell to the Godwit event on...