On Saturday morning Jamie Wood and myself checked out Hoopers Lagoon in Dunedin and counted 70 Bar-tailed Godwits, included was a white-flagged bird with the...
Hi Phil, This is a good record! The bands usually sit down by the foot, but sometimes the other can slide up the tarsus temporarily, making one seem lower....
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Frank Antram
fantram@...
Aug 1, 2005 11:19 am
This link was sent to another list I'm on - it has nothing to do with NZ birds, but I thought it might be of interest - I certainly found it fascinating.... ...
I saw a female Mallard withna brood of (<1 wk old) ducklings at Henderson's Basin, CHCH late last week. Phil Crutchley reports a female Blackbird almost...
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CHRIS GASKIN
chris@...
Aug 1, 2005 10:28 pm
On the subject of birds of the night. We've just returned this morning from a kiwi survey for Kawau (Hauraki Gulf) with volunteers, DOC staff (off duty) and a...
kia ora could someone please tell me who the above is?...
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Frank Antram
fantram@...
Aug 2, 2005 5:43 am
This is an old name used by John Gould (Culminated Albatross). Albatross taxonomy is very confused, and I’m not sure which species this would now be ...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
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Aug 2, 2005 6:39 am
Looking at the 1990 Checklist (always a good place to start on these things) and Oliver 1955, it would seem that D. culminata was an early name for the ...
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Graeme Taylor
gtaylor@...
Aug 2, 2005 9:56 am
Hi all For those interested in such things... I have had several reports today of large numbers (hundreds) of blue penguins washing up dead on the east coast...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Aug 2, 2005 8:34 pm
Hi All This (below) from Murray Birch one of the Leigh Marine Lab's research vessel skippers. Karen is also out on the water today with a pelagic and will keep...
Hi all, It seems that the doubters have been convinced by additional audio evidence... See http://www.worldtwitch.com/ivorybill.htm UPDATE 2 August 2005....
Hi everyone, just an update on birds wintering around South Bay Recreational Reserve. There are now at least 9 birds (5 males, 4 females). They are feeding...
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Sally Green
sallygreen@...
Aug 3, 2005 10:02 pm
8 dead penguins on Tiri. ... Sally Green -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.6/59 -...
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Sav Saville
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Aug 4, 2005 7:48 am
Hi all, We have arranged 2 pelagic trips out of Napier, on 13 August and 19 November. Cost will be approx $120/head on a cost-sharing basis. There are...
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Sav Saville
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Aug 4, 2005 7:52 am
Hi all, The errant Cattle Egret flock at Foxton Beach has reappeared, or at least part of it has. The original flock was 22 birds, and yesterday there were...
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David
lawrie@...
Aug 4, 2005 8:59 am
I have recently accompanied my wife on a further part of her holidays, I am almost back to zero for Brownie points!!. We went back up North, but birdwatching...
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CHRIS GASKIN
chris@...
Aug 4, 2005 9:16 am
Hi all, Just after 9.00AM, 6 of us headed out yesterday from Sandspit in fabulous weather - a 5 knot wind from the south and calm seas, fine day but cold. Took...
Nothing spectacular to report, but recently have seen: Firth of Thames 1 Hudsonian Godwit 1 Black-tailed Godwit Very few or no Red Knot (I suspect they have...
For anyone interested in wader migrations to Hawaii they might be interested in visiting the Hawaii birding site ... Message today from Oahu of bird count of...
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McRae, Max MS
max.mcrae@...
Aug 4, 2005 8:53 pm
I could scarcely believe my eyes yesterday. This magnificent, sole, specimen looks to have set up home at the Waiatarua reserve. How did it get there...where...
There was one white heron at the hide at Miranda yesterday, quite unconcerned by my presence. The blackboard said there were two and a cattle egret which might...
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CHRIS GASKIN
chris@...
Aug 4, 2005 11:03 pm
Hi all Just to let you seabird fanatics know we've arranged places or opportunities on ocean-going voyages between New Zealand and several South Pacific...
After failing in 3 attempts to find (and photograph) Sheila petch's Cirl Bunting flock at Bexley Wetland, I unexpectedly came across a pair feeding on a...
Hello! This was mentioned on the list by one person a couple weeks back. I'm no expert on white herons, but on a trip to the South Island's West Coast a couple...
Hi everyone, I've just found 4 Cattle Egrets on the Mount Fyffe Road, just north-west of Kaikoura. They were in a paddock with cattle, but flew off at...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Aug 7, 2005 6:11 am
Dear All, When Phil says "L-BB R-W", how do you know what B means? Black? Blue? Brown? Am I missing something? Presumably the L is a confirmatory Left to let...
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mgturner
mgturner@...
Aug 7, 2005 9:01 am
I took the family today (Sunday) and despite a high number of joggers and dogs the Kotuku was there in all its glory. Amazing really within 15 minutes of...
Hi Stuart, No great mystery - you look at the OSNZ website instructions and see that we only use blue, red, yellow and white, and on the excel form we have for...
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John Goodrich
goodrich@...
Aug 7, 2005 10:02 pm
Hi all, A couple of bellbirds in the garden over the weekend (Sumner, Christchurch), one singing its heart out and displaying to the other. Great to see in the...
