Hi all, A quick look at Maketu and Little Waihi today revealed the biggest number of Royal spoonbill's for this area. Conditions were near perfect apart from...
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bertha groom
bjgroom@...
Sep 2, 2006 7:57 am
Hi , these birds sure do move around . Today, Maketu 31 spoonbill close to a stop bank . Only 10 barwits . Close to Kaituna cut 10 egrets . L. Waihi 20 + -...
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timandwendybarnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Sep 2, 2006 10:59 pm
Hiya Sorry this is a bit late - managed a whistle stop tour of a few sites around Christchurch and beyond. Both red-necked phalarope still at Grassmere last...
hi all, I am from the University of Canterbury, School of Biological Sciences. We have just written a new teaching laboratory for an undergraduate course...
My thanks to al group members for your understanding regarding the post and my apologies for the intrusion. Hi all Due to a total loss of internet access,...
Hi all, It seems like we may have had a very early influx of godwits this year. Numbers apparently were up at Mangere last weekend, and yesterday Keith Woodley...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Sep 7, 2006 12:19 am
Hi all, In response to Phil's message, Willie Cook was yesterday (6/9/06) checking the Waimea Inlet near Nelson and also had an influx of the godwits. Numbers ...
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Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Sep 7, 2006 4:18 am
Hello all, I know this is off topic but I thought I would share with you a topic close to my heart and no doubt some of yours too. On November 23rd 2005 a book...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Sep 7, 2006 8:49 am
Hi, If the birds are arriving so early does this mean they have had a poor breeding season again this year? Has anyone heard from Alaska? Cheers, Nick Allen ...
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Phil Rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Sep 7, 2006 8:49 am
Hi All Amazing article in the Southland Times this morning, apparently Dept of Conservation had transferred 15 Shore Plover onto predator-free Centre Island in...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Sep 7, 2006 9:11 am
That is very good of you guys and nicely fits in with the arrival of the godwits. Cheers Rob ... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com...
As someone who knows a little about this subject, having collected NZ natural history prints for some time and who is now happy to pass them on for a small...
I forgot to say, apart from the historical and scientific value of these prints or plates, they also may have considerable artistic merit. I have seldom seen...
Made a check at Miranda yesterday and got ten colour-banded godwits, eight of which were returned migrants. Numbers were up by around 500 birds from the day...
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Sav Saville
sav@...
Sep 8, 2006 2:36 am
Hi all, Yesterday there were 71 Bar-tailed Godwits at the Manawatu Estuary, and today 60, compared to teh wintering flock of just about 30. By my reckoning ...
Hi All, After reading returns of Godwits yesterday decided to check out maketu & little waihi again. Little Waihi, 116 B/T Godwit with about 1/4 showing tints...
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Phil Rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Sep 9, 2006 4:22 am
Hi All As mentioned in my previous e-mail Lloyd Esler and I headed out today to Wakatapu Beach to find the elusive Southland Shore Plover. After walking for...
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Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Sep 10, 2006 10:14 pm
Colin Hill found it on Sept 6 and re-located it on 7th and 8th -in the Yarr's area. He has some good photos. He and I blasted thro a southerly on Sat 9th - ...
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Wynston Cooper
lorwyn@...
Sep 11, 2006 1:59 am
Unfortunately Chris (29 August) has perpetuated the myth that it was a Nature Quest New Zealand Limited tour that "discovered" the St Anne's Lagoon reed...
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timandwendybarnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Sep 11, 2006 3:23 am
Hi High tide today so all the barwits from both estuaries were on the Maketu spit. Seem to be trickling in - up to 207 now. No knot today. Little else about...
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kwtl@...
Sep 11, 2006 7:50 am
Hi Wynston I can distinctly remember running into you and your group somewhere further south and your being very chuffed that someone in your group found the...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Sep 11, 2006 11:20 am
Hi all, A bit of a miserable drizzly day here in the Bay today. Managed a brief stop at Ahuriri Estuary an hour or so after high tide. Found a total of only...
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Sheila Petch
petch@...
Sep 12, 2006 2:07 am
Just to put the record straight, The Warbler was reported to me by a member of the public who lives in Christchurch and has a good knowledge of birds. ( I...
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kwtl@...
Sep 12, 2006 12:18 pm
Hi Sheila, Wynston and all Which goes to show (refer to Sheila's email) that the birding netwrok is alive and well (at least in Canterbury!). It's worth...
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Sav Saville
sav@...
Sep 13, 2006 1:43 am
Chris, and all, What you wrote, on 29 Aug, was "are you suggesting DOC's Kaikoura Area Office knew about the Aussie Reed Warbler before someone in one of Mark ...
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bertha groom
bjgroom@...
Sep 13, 2006 9:06 am
Today , with good weather , and a convenient high tide, the opportunity to look at Ohiwa spit . 311+ - godwit ( no flags) aprox. the usual winter number ; 130...
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Driftwood Ecotours
will@...
Sep 13, 2006 9:09 am
Hi Rose and I have just got back from the West coast and were fortunate enough to see a pair Crested Grebe on Lake Ianthe right beside one of the picnic areas....
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Sep 13, 2006 10:00 am
Dear all, Please note that Chongming (near Shanghai) has started using alpha-numeric flags on Bar-tailed Godwits - something to look out for now that the birds...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Sep 14, 2006 10:55 pm
Last night I had 250-300 Goldfinches roosting in gum trees in my garden - the largest flock I have ever seen in NZ. David [Non-text portions of this message...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Sep 15, 2006 8:24 am
Hi Will - they came to roost at dusk last night and I didn't see them leave this morning so I don't know, but we seldom see more than a dozen or so at a time...
