Nick What counts do you have? Colin has his/mine and Sheila's only -i would like to put the whole count on birding nz Cheers Steve Wratten extn 8221 If your...
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Jul 2, 2006 12:53 am
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It may be easier for some birds to cross the straight today than it was in the past. There are many container ships that cross the straight, and it is unknown...
There is a group of 11 Cattle Egrets in a field with a large herd of cattle on the left hand side of the road on the road to Foxton Beach - just after the big...
Richard Bacon
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Jul 2, 2006 3:09 am
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Hi Andrew An interesting notion, however there was a time (not so long ago) that NZ itself was considered something akin to a very large container ship, ...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
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Jul 2, 2006 4:28 am
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Hi All, Yesterday pm after a beach patrol along part of Kaitorete Spit, Marion Macbeth and Jan Walker counted 223 grebes on the Lake. I see A. Crossland had...
Jan Walker
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Jul 2, 2006 4:29 am
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Hey Andrew for what its worth, here's my experience in finding the birds (and thanks again to Nick and Sheila). First step: go out at any time of day expecting...
I have an ever-hungry mind, constantly craving the input of more and more information, all-consuming to the exclusion of all else that matters in the...
Hi all 6 of us did a beach patrol along Kaitorete Spit (which separates L. Ellesmere from the sea) on Saturday. Highlights were a couple of beach-washed giant...
Tony Crocker
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Jul 3, 2006 12:04 am
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On Saturday the Cattle Egret flock was also slightly dispersed until well after high tide, when all 19 were in the roadside paddock. Also present that day were...
Sav Saville
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Jul 3, 2006 7:40 am
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Hi Israel and folks, answers to your Qs 1) The Port Levy, Little River and Prices valley Cockatoos are one in the same, these days they seem to be most often...
In reply to Andrew's question .... is there anywhere where Cockatoo and Kaka or Kakariki overlap? Would Cockatoo invade native forest if they could - ourt...
dia-suzi
suzi@...
Jul 3, 2006 10:49 pm
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Hi Andrew Quick comment on a couple of points you've raised: 3) There was a flock of SCCs at Cascade Kauri Park in the Waitakeres (always very visible and...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
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Jul 3, 2006 10:50 pm
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Hi Tony, I have heard similar comments from people seeing increased numbers of gannets along the east coast of the South Island. Someone I talked to recently...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Jul 3, 2006 11:27 pm
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Does anyone have any real info on where these odd mainland NI kaka come from? I've tried to determine whether the few that turn up around Hamilton are...
Andrew Styche (now at DoC, Hamilton), did his PhD on the Turakina (Wanganui) cockatoos in the 90s, didn't he, through Victoria? I have not seen any results...
As for the Galahs, they are supposedly on Ponui Island (off Waiheke) and at some times of the year are supposedly around Mangatawhiri on the road from Auckland...
Rangitikei Forest & Bird who contributed funding for Andrew Styche has a some account of his findings on the Turakina Valley cockatoos. Gillian ... From: "Phil...
gillian.pollock
gillian.pollock@...
Jul 4, 2006 12:18 am
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The info on the LBI/GBI young NI Kaka moving to the mainland comes from an interpretation panel at the Arataki Visitors Centre near Titirangi in the Waitaks,...
dia-suzi
suzi@...
Jul 4, 2006 12:30 am
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I've seen Galahs on that road several time but not in the last 2 years! Come to think of it I've seen Galahs on most NZ roads Adrian...
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Jul 4, 2006 12:34 am
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Detlef is running the wader census and band watching in the Far North 15 - 16 July and would REALLY like some help from other from further south. Please let...
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Jul 4, 2006 12:41 am
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Hi all, Received an email from Kevin Matthews from the Far North who received a freshly dead Cape Barren goose killed near Sweetwater, north west of Kaitaia....
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Jul 4, 2006 1:31 am
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Hi Just had a Kaka visit our new home. It landed in the Banksia tree. cheers Rosemary "Every one smiles in the same language" Rosemary Tully (Whakatane Bird...
My wife and I were in Auckland last month and finally had the chance to make the trip out to Tiritiri on the 22nd. What an amazing place! It's really...
Adrian, I will be in Paihia from 17 -21 July, so will be available to assist Detlef if needed. I do not get there until late on Sunday night, but could do any ...
David
lawrie@...
Jul 5, 2006 9:20 am
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Dear all, I counted a flock of 53 Australasian (presumably) Gannets feeding in Pegasus Bay off Ashworth's Beach near Leithfield (N Canterbury) on 22nd March....
Nick Allen
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Jul 5, 2006 10:54 am
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Hi all Gannets breed on the Solanders in Foveaux Strait and these are most likely to be the birds seen in southern NZ. There used to be a small colony at the ...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jul 5, 2006 11:01 am
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Hi all, Nick's observation of gannets off Ashworth's Beach is an interesting one. As is commonly known most juvenile Australasian gannets spend the first few...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Jul 5, 2006 10:18 pm
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I've been watching gannets for more than 20 years along the Canty coast and more recently in Otago and Southland. A few observations. The concentration that...
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