Early afternoon today there was a single Black-fronted Tern over Ohakea Airbase - that is about 12km from the coast. There was no wind to speak of and the bird...
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Chris Coleborn
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Jul 1, 2002 10:02 am
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Wratten, Steve
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Jul 2, 2002 12:52 am
Pete Great stuff -i send these on via Birding NZ email distribution list. Where do Eden pelagics go out from? Steve Wratten On 1 Jul 2002 at 16:52, Peter...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Jul 2, 2002 1:02 am
The latest Woolongong pelagics and info. on 2 other Oz pelagic opportunities. PS Cook Strait ferry June 12 had Light-mantled Sooty Albatross. Kaikoura (Ocean...
Peter Schweigman saw a bird tentatively id'ed as a Adult Franklins in breeding plumage this morning. Tomahawk lagoon is only 10 minutes drive from central...
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rschckrd@...
Jul 2, 2002 4:23 am
Dear birding-nz, Rob Schuckard thought you would be interested in reading this Reuters article from www.planetark.org Australia moves to protect threatened...
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peetz@...
Jul 2, 2002 5:13 am
Hi all, Observed a falcon chasing a large flock of feral pigeons over the Wellington Botanic gardens today. The bird was attempting to pick off pigeons...
I know it's not a bird but it is the first Leopard Seal I have seen outside of Napier Marineland. It was on the beach here at Tairua (Coromandel Peninsula) for...
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Paul Cuming
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Jul 2, 2002 7:54 am
Last bit of my trip:
Hanmer Springs; 1 Falcon flying along Hanmer River, 20 June
Kaikoura, 21 June. Southern Royal Albatross, White-chinned Petrel, Salvin's...
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Nick Allen
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Jul 2, 2002 9:08 am
Hi, The Pacific/White-necked Heron was still present in a paddock 3km south of Hokitika at 3.30 this afternoon. Stunning views down to about 20m. According to...
Hi, I am getting confused over the English names for this bird. What is the latin? Cheers, Karl ... Dr Karl Evans PO Box 84 Ecology & Entomology Group Lincoln...
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Tony Crocker
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Jul 2, 2002 9:15 pm
Tony mentions a leopard seal at Tairua. I'd have to agree that it's a long way north, but I wonder how often these things turn up. I've seen two in the past 10...
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Brent Stephenson
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Jul 2, 2002 9:35 pm
Tony/Tony/BIRDING-NZ, I would agree it is a long way north (although so too are crested penguins that 'turn up' in strange 'northerly' places like Hawkes Bay) ...
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Barry Hartley
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Jul 2, 2002 9:59 pm
Leopard Seals turn up usually alone in various places. We have them occasionally around Taranaki. They are nearly always assumed to be sick as they do appear...
About 5 to 7 years ago, a leopard seal spent 3 - 4 days near the wharf on Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Simon [Non-text portions of this message...
The only wild leopard seal I ever saw was on a beach in Whangaparapara Harbour, Great Barrier Island, so I guess they can go quite a way north. David Riddell...
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Rob Schuckard
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Jul 3, 2002 8:20 am
Hi everyone, Appalling conditions last weekend made this OSNZ-wintercensus and experience on its own. The Nelson team battled the driving rain (Murphy's law...
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Wendy Hare and Nigel ...
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Jul 3, 2002 9:48 am
Hi Folks Plan to spend 3 wks in Darwin & surrounds in August (visiting a non-birding friend) - any suggestions of birding contacts, sites to visit, trip...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Jul 3, 2002 11:33 am
Thanks Nigel for letting me know. A little mistake in the Farewell Spit Report, the beach wreck with an Albatross was identified as a Wanderer because of the...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Jul 3, 2002 11:12 pm
Hi all, Just thought I would let people know that Paul Scofield and myself are planning a big weekend this weekend and we have a SPARE SEAT if someone is keen...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
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Jul 4, 2002 2:00 am
A bird story - that's starlings for you! ... the...
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Bev and Bryan Woolley
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Jul 4, 2002 3:16 am
A leopard seal spent several days in a tidal fresh water stream behind the Hikutaia School in the late 1940's. The theory put forward for its presence was that...
Hi all, For those of you who are not Birding AUS subscribers, there have been several recent reports of Pacific Herons in unusual parts of SE Australia of the...
Hi Sav and other Birding NZ'ers, Just a small correction and also as a matter of interest, right now there are at least 7 individual Franklin's Gulls in South...
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Nick Allen
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Jul 4, 2002 11:46 am
Dear all, Adult breeding-plumaged Frankins Gull was at Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin until at least 5.15pm last night (3/7). Bare-part colouration was dark, maybe...
Hi everyone, Just wondered if anyone in the upper NI had seen any in reasonably accessible locations this winter. It would be good to catch up with them and...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Jul 6, 2002 9:36 am
Today on the beach between Waikato river mouth and just north of Karioitahi (14kms) we got 714 beach wrecked birds. 30 Prion sp? (wings only),47 Fairy Prion,...
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Barry Hartley
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Jul 6, 2002 11:21 am
Our totals to date are: P. vittata - 3 P. salvini - 10 P. desolata - 386 P. belcheri - 37 P. turtur - 12 Kms not yet checked but about 18km. [Non-text portions...
