Hi, A friend is visiting NZ in mid October and would like to know if this will be a good time of year to look for rock wrens. He would also like to know if...
Hi, In true Inernet fashion all of the follwoing is not from experience (I have never seen a RW), but out of a book. S.Chambers Locality guide. His advice is. ...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Aug 3, 2002 10:47 am
Dear all, ... Nah, well not without a telecope with a 10000X lens and a lot of luck and a good imagination anyway. ... Possibly, depending on the track taken...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Aug 3, 2002 12:09 pm
Hi all On the subject of dwindling sightings of rock wrens. We last saw a rock wren at Homer Saddle three years ago (March) - through the open door of the...
... I think he sepcifically asked for areas other than the tunnel, but it sound like the tunnel area is probably the best....
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p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Aug 4, 2002 10:18 am
Hi All After checking my CSN for last year there was a report from Kim & Jenny Morrison of Rock Wrens from Gertrude V., 7 at 1490-1510m asl on 16/2/2001. Phil...
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David Riddell & Annet...
Number8@...
Aug 4, 2002 7:48 pm
... I was up at the Homer Tunnel twice in the summer of 1999-2001 (December and February) and saw rock wrens both times - just a short way up from the top...
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Paul Cuming
birdo@...
Aug 4, 2002 10:48 pm
Two main things to report:
20 Cattle Egrets at our secondary flock, at Ngaroto. This was on Saturday. On Sunday, 2km South of Whatawhata, near Hamilton, were...
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Frances.Schmechel@...
Aug 5, 2002 1:21 am
Is anyone aware (or willing to speculate) on if gannets ever come to grief diving after fish near mussel farm lines? Thanks, Frances ... Frances Schmechel 27...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Aug 5, 2002 11:59 am
Hi all, I have just hurriedly got my website up on line, it is still very much under construction but have a look. At my homepage (as below) there are links...
I have just received the latest excellent edition of Southern Bird. In light of the recent discussion regarding naming of birds, I am curious to know why the 6...
kia ora I have read the postings regarding bird names with great interest. The importance of the binomial system goes without saying - I thought the discussion...
Hi, Tony Cocker mentions one problem when the way Maori classify the biological world differently to current accepted taxonomy i.e. different bird ages....
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Aug 5, 2002 11:17 pm
Hi Simon et al Thanks for your comments. The RBC report contains the presently accepted common names per the latest (and soon-to-be-updated) checklist. The...
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John & Margaret Brier...
brierley@...
Aug 6, 2002 8:41 am
Hi Karl I had a successful trip looking for rock wrens in February 2000. The trip was up the Cobb River valley which is a fantastic place to visit, and I have ...
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Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Aug 6, 2002 6:49 pm
Surely the comments about nomenclature from shiningcuckoo should really be from pipiwharauroa!...
I would like to support Tony Crocker's comments that the subject of "ownership of species". A very thoughtful and well written piece of writing! I agree that...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Aug 7, 2002 9:54 am
Trying again ... From: s&j [SMTP:nicholson@...] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:38 PM To: 'simonf@...'; Birding-NZ Subject: RE:...
Thanks to all those that responded to my earlier posting about the Checklist revision - both those who sent to Birding NZ and those who wrote directly to me. ...
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Wendy Hare and Nigel ...
whare@...
Aug 8, 2002 9:48 pm
Dear All, I know it's probably unlikely, but you never know if you don't ask!! A Chilean friend of mine is looking for photographs of Kerguelen and Atlantic...
Hi all, I'm hoping to do the Kaikoura Oceanwings trip on Saturday Morning 24 August at 0800, in time to make the 1330 ferry back to Wellington. If anyone from...
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Peter Gaze
pgaze@...
Aug 10, 2002 7:40 am
No - I've never heard of gannets coming to grief on mussel farms. Have never seen shoaling bait fish around a mussel farm and speculate that this is unlikely...
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Ross Silcock
silcock@...
Aug 10, 2002 1:38 pm
Hi all: My 2c worth (in NZ dollars, too) regarding nomenclature: bringing tourists from the US highlights naming problems for me. We need to remember that we ...
From: Paul Sagar [mailto:p.sagar@...] Sent: Monday, 12 August 2002 2:21 p.m. Don Geddes reports a black-tailed native hen at Lake Hood, near Ashburton, ...
Received this message today but unfortunately have a shortage of Eastern Curlew shots.....can anyone help Roger? Please contact him directly on...
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p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Aug 14, 2002 8:42 am
Hi all Just a note to advise anyone travelling down to Southland around 3-6 October. Lloyd Esler will be running a bird session based at Borland Lodge, this is...
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Paul Cuming
birdo@...
Aug 15, 2002 3:08 am
Just a quick report of a Falcon in the Waikato today, at Whatawhata (travel South on SH39 from Ngaruawahia for 10 miles or so). Perching in a small tree....
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Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Aug 18, 2002 4:31 am
Hi All, I've been working in China for several months this year so before returning home (to Wellington) this week I thought that I would summarise a short...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Aug 18, 2002 5:56 am
Dear all, The Black-tailed Native-hen was still present at Lake Hood this morning (18th). Durections for those interested in seeing the bird. Take Grahams Road...
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arjan brenkman
a.b.brenkman@...
Aug 19, 2002 1:07 pm
Dear all, From the end of januari-20th of februari my girlfriend and I will be visiting NZ for 5 weeks. I wish to ask several questions about NZ and its birds,...
