On Sunday watched the Black Kite for 1.5 hours while up the Waihopai Valley trying to catch hawks. Was seen it what is becoming its usually place, got some...
Mike Bell
Mike.Bell@...
Aug 1, 2006 8:40 pm
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Hi all, During our band spotting week in mid-July, a high number of dead gannets were found on the inside and tip of Farewell Spit. One of the birds was banded...
Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Aug 2, 2006 3:37 am
4304
To Rob Schuckard We have not had an unusual number of dead gannets on Waikato beaches at any time recently. Hugh Clifford [Non-text portions of this message...
Hugh Clifford
hughjclifford@...
Aug 2, 2006 10:13 am
4305
At about the same time the only bird found on a 12km beach patrol in South Taranaki was an adult Gannet. This followed a period of severe gales and storms. ......
Barry Hartley
Barry_Hartley@...
Aug 2, 2006 9:00 pm
4306
_____ From: wendy hare [mailto:whare@...] Sent: Thursday, 3 August 2006 10:33 p.m. To: 'BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com' Subject: Pt.Douglas, Australia HI...
wendy hare
whare@...
Aug 4, 2006 9:46 am
4307
Thanks Brent, Trevor & Barbara for the info – will let you know how I get on! Am really looking forward to the warm – its been a chilly winter even in the...
whare@...
Aug 5, 2006 7:56 am
4308
The following article, published last week in the 'Washington Post', may be interest. It reinforces the challenges of controlling the spread of the H5N1 virus...
Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Aug 5, 2006 10:40 pm
4309
Hi all, Flushed a covey of 20 California Quail from scrub on Pony Point (Cass Bay/Rapaki in Lyttelton Harbour) at the weekend. I've not seen a large group like...
John Goodrich
goodrich@...
Aug 8, 2006 4:20 am
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Hello All, This was on the BBC website. Makes interesting reading. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5242360.stm?ls All the best, Eddie Chapman, Voss....
Hi all, Thought this new DOC publication might be of interest.. Migrations and movements of birds to New Zealand and surrounding seas Compiled by Murray...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 8, 2006 9:52 pm
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Hi all, Following on from Eddie's email yesterday with regards to sooty shearwaters having the longest Annual migration (the title is back with the seabirds...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 8, 2006 11:10 pm
4313
Amazing stuff that goes to show that seabirds are woefully inefficient users of space compared with shorebirds, who do much better at managing their energy! ...
23rd July 2006 SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: P.J. Milburn. Departed: 07:10 returned at approx. 16:30. Sea conditions:...
Peter Milburn
peter.milburn@...
Aug 10, 2006 5:48 am
4316
Early cuckooA shining cuckoo was giving full song (both upward & downward slurred notes) in Karori Wildlife Sanctuary on 5 August 2006. Colin Miskelly ...
Hi all, Just to let people know there are still a couple of places on our Gisborne trip on 19 Aug and possibly one on the Hick's Bay trip on 20 Aug. Pure cost...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Aug 10, 2006 8:59 am
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Hi, Last evening 9 Aug at about 7.15 there was a Cape Pigeon sitting on the water a few meters from the inner wharf at Queen's Wharf. It was right underneath a...
Ruth & Peter Reese
ruth.peterr@...
Aug 10, 2006 9:55 am
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Hi everyone, Just a quick email to let people know about a cost share pelagic in the Chatham Islands in November 06. The trip will be on either; Tue 21, Wed....
12th August, 2006 SOSSA RESEARCH TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: P.J. Milburn. Departed: 07:10 returned at approx. 16:30. Sea conditions:...
Peter Milburn
peter.milburn@...
Aug 15, 2006 1:23 am
4321
Dabchick used to be in the South Island, declining in the 19th century. Is there any possibility or sign of it repopulating the South Island? They do move...
Hi all, The Manawatu Cattle Egret flock of 19 birds continues to show - today they were in a paddock alongside Wylie Rd. Nothing of much note on the wader...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Aug 16, 2006 3:50 am
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Hi , The glossy ibis has now become a regular visitor to our wetland.It arrives every evening usually 30mins. before dusk. We also have between 12 to 38 Royal...
Driftwood Ecotours
will@...
Aug 16, 2006 7:20 am
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Brent has previously mentioned photos sent to us of a Yellow-nosed Albatross off Whitianga. The bird was just North of the Alderman Islands on the 25th July,...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Aug 16, 2006 9:07 am
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Have a question about a bird I've seen each day for the last 4-5 while at work on an orchard - Woodlands Rd - Katikati.Not sure what it is & can't say I've...
Hi Narena, Any chance it is a Rufous (Nankeen) Night Heron? Round wings and tail, just a little bigger than a NZ Pigeon, laboured flight and roosting in trees...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Aug 17, 2006 3:07 am
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Wondering if anyone can tell me what this duck is..? I saw it a couple of weeks ago at the botanical gardens in Christchurch. Unfortunately only got one...
I have been told that they have been present for quite some time in the Karamea area in the Buller region according to a friend of mine who owns land with a...
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