Hi folks, Scott Butcher and I are preparing a paper providing a reasessment of recent pop trends of the Crested Grebe pop in NZ. This is basically a response...
Hi all, Just a few thoughts, and questions, to stimulate the debate/fan the flames/stir the... : Overseas birders are bound to find rarities here. It is only...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Apr 2, 2005 1:50 am
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FYI - re. Catlins Crested Penguins following a Richard's earlier report to BIRDING-NZ ... From: "Richard Schofield" <richard@...> To: "Kiwi...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Apr 2, 2005 2:17 am
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Ok, here's an idea. A lot of overseas birders I've met (both independents and birding tour clients)rely heavily on trip reports from previous birders. Some of...
Does anyone know the current valid name for our white heron? All the NZ lit I have come across uses Egretta alba modesta but I suspect this is an old, invalid...
I wonder if this web site: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?region=nz&pg=checklist&list=clements would be of general interest? Some knowledgeable...
Hi One Hudwit, a Black-tailed godwit and Marsh sand made an impressive line up at the stilt ponds late morning today. Probably the Kaiua birds Phil reported...
Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Apr 2, 2005 9:37 am
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This site http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174818 is one which suggests it is Ardea alba (modesta?) we have...
Hi Neil et al: The 1990 OSNZ Checklist uses Egretta for the generic name (thus Egretta alba modesta), as does Cramp and Simmons; this has to be the official...
... As an overseas birder that subscribes to this list, I thought I'd post a few thoughts about why I would be slow to report a rare bird in New Zealand. I...
Thanks Ross and others. I think I'm starting to untangle it. Neil Fitzgerald Landcare Research Private Bag 3127 Hamilton New Zealand Telephone +64 7 858 3746 ...
Hi all, The birder who originally saw the dusky moorhen made contact with me yesterday, and last night provided a description of the location where this bird...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Apr 2, 2005 10:39 pm
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... Sorry if I gave the impression that BIRDING-NZ is unwelcoming. This list has a really nice atmosphere. I'm a bit gun-shy from an entirely different list,...
Good question We were just about to send through an email about a female bellbird Karen saw 100metres along the road from here this morning. NZ Bellbird (one...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Apr 2, 2005 10:52 pm
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Hello! With respect to this: * I'd love to be able to call or email someone and say "I saw a Lesser-Spotted Dingle-Dangle near Haast Beach. I know them well...
Hi all Participants in our wader ID workshop at Miranda over the weekend were treated to a fine suite of species to consider - 17 waders in all, including the...
Keith Woodley
shorebird@...
Apr 3, 2005 7:30 am
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BlankHowdy Saturday No luck with the Moorhen in the Kaituna area where it was reported previously. A White Heron was a consolation. Saturday in the Waimak...
Lawrence Family
birdman21@...
Apr 3, 2005 7:31 am
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I understand that OSNZ's position on any taxonomical matter is that the Checklist Committee can only work on published papers. Specialists therefore have to be...
Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Apr 3, 2005 9:03 am
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There are some very honest and brave comments here from Chris and David. I think there are some basics that might be helpful to list members: Essential reading...
Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Apr 3, 2005 9:03 am
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... If I might throw in my 2¢ here; The Birding-NZ group is generally a very moderate and friendly list, and it tries hard to be a community - within the...
Roger Radd
kiwi@...
Apr 3, 2005 2:14 pm
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Hi Brent and Birding-NZ Sorry for the delay in replying, but it would seem that my email helped provoke a healthy discussion both on Birding-NZ and by several...
If you didn't see it, it could have been a captive bird in a cage so it could be a bird not on the New Zealand list. Was it a bird? I presume it wasn't a...
Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Apr 3, 2005 8:11 pm
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And it's a goodie! A colour-banded godwit was seen and photographed in Japan on the weekend (2 April), the first record from Asia since birds started...
I think a move to a php ( e.g. phpbb) based forum would be a great idea. There are loads of them out there so many people are familiar with the interface. My...
Hi all, The rogue ginger cat at Mangawhai Sand Spit may well have put paid to any successful breeding for N.Z. Fairy Terns this past summer,however, the ...
John Simmons
johnsimmons@...
Apr 3, 2005 9:04 pm
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Hi all, Adding to the reports of both Black-tailed and Hudsonian godwits in the Firth over the weekend, I saw one Black-tail on the ponds today, in moderate ...
Dear David and anyone else who thinks as David does, I can understand the "Fear of embarrassment" thing, but I really think that it is worth getting over....
Sav Saville
sav@...
Apr 4, 2005 7:43 am
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And some of us more often than others. It was, of course, Mona-Lynn, not Mary-Lynn - sorry M-L. Sav [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Apr 4, 2005 8:18 am
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I've followed the rare bird discussion with great interest, especially the submission of rare bird reports. I think that having your name displayed in Southern...
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