Hi all, Brief stop at the Manawatu Estuary this morning (1/11) as the tide receded. Approximately 200 bar-tailed godwit, including 16 spotty juveniles. A...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:14 pm
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Hi folks. Just back from a quick trip to Hawaii where I gave a talk at a seabird conference and checked out a lot of Newells shearwaters that are currently...
Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Nov 2, 2006 10:25 am
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Hi all, A great Oceanwings trip this morning (3/11) on glassy seas with crystal clear skies. A good assortment of birds, with both Gibson's and Antipodean,...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Nov 3, 2006 3:40 am
4593
A Little Egret was at Motukaraka Point (southeastern side, near the Horokiri Wildlife Reserve), Pauatahanui Inlet, Porirua, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday the 3rd....
Dear all, I am going to Hawaii for a conference in a couple weeks and am staying on for three extra days at the end. I was wondering if anybody has any advice...
... The Big Island is great for birding, arguably the single best island in the main chain. For field guides, you've got two easy-to-get choices and I'd...
... I forgot to mention anything about bookstores. Within Waikiki, you should be able to find at least the Audubon guide fairly easily. For a larger bookstore,...
Hi Had a look around both estuaries last night with Murray Smith. Plenty of very hungry juv barwits about and a few knot arriving (14). A couple of red-necked...
timandwendybarnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Nov 4, 2006 7:28 pm
4598
Hi all 20 of us spent a day on LBI yesterday (4 Nov) - cracker of a day with light northerly and fine conditions. Left Leigh at 8.30AM. Very quiet on the...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Nov 4, 2006 9:23 pm
4599
I was sent a photo of an unusual bird in a Nelson garden which I believe is a Neophema sp., probably orange -bellied parakeet, although the belly was obscured....
Reply on IBAs from Forest and Bird Communications Manager, Michael Szabo. Hi Suzi Mike has asked me to reply to your question about IBAs. The short answer is...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Nov 4, 2006 11:25 pm
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Hi there, Just had six wonderful days from the Bay of Islands, north into the Coral Sea and up to Noumea. Got a reasonable list, although found it difficult...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Nov 5, 2006 2:51 am
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Hi Simon, We reckon the bird is most likely an elegant parrot. Orange-bellied is one of Australia's rarest birds with only a couple of hundred left in the...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Nov 5, 2006 4:23 am
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Simon Maybe its an Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) - darker plumage and blue tail seem to fit. Nice pictures though. Rare Bird Committee should accept it....
Suzi Your New Caledonian finch - I think it most likely is the Chestnut Breasted Mannikin (Lonchura Castaneothorax) - and Australian introduction. They used to...
Sorry correction - inside the NC reef at Noumea, obviously should be White-fronted not Black-fronted Terns ! Typist dyslexia ! Suzi ... From: "Suzi Phillips"...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Nov 5, 2006 4:56 am
4606
Thanks Brent, Stu & Sav What about the blue forehead band? Both Simpson & Day as well as Pizzey & Knight indicate the elegant has a band that extends past the...
Yes, thanks Stuart - you are right. Just tracked it down via the Ornithological Society of NC website, called a "Donacole poitrine Chataine" or Lonchura...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Nov 5, 2006 5:07 am
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Further investigation shows that the orange-bellied parakeet is protected under CITES so that would practically rule that idea out. The disease that has hit...
And it looks more like an Elegant with the very yellow lores. The Orange-bellied dosn't have that in the pictures I've seen. Suzi ... From: "Simon Fordham"...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Nov 5, 2006 5:26 am
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... I'm no expert, but it looks very like an Elegant Parrot. The blue on the wings and the yellow lores are both just right. In the field, you can see a good...
As I understand it, the task of the RBC is not to determine where the bird came from but to confirm, or otherwise, its identity. Stuart ... From:...
Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Nov 5, 2006 7:06 pm
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Just got back from a few days at Kaikoura. I did an Oceanwings trip on 03/11, my first pelagic. No, not the same trip as Brent, I went out at 6am and was the...
Just got back from a few days at Kaikoura. I did an Oceanwings trip on 03/11, my first pelagic. No, not the same trip as Brent, I went out at 6am and was the...
Colin Hill and I checked the Jarvis and Embankment Roads areas and found 53 Golden Plover 19 Wrybills 42 Bar-tailed Godwits 2 Red-necked Stints No special...
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Nov 5, 2006 9:41 pm
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Thanks to Brent Stephenson, Steve Wood and Chris Gaskin for help identifying my LBJ (seen inside the reef on the way into Noumea), as a Wedge-tailed...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Nov 6, 2006 9:36 am
4618
Dear all, Had a wonderful weekend down in Twizel with Canterbury OSNZ. I need to thank Jill West for the well-organised arrangements. Saturday saw us up the...
Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Nov 6, 2006 11:36 am
4619
Hi all 9 of us (incl Dion Hobcroft and his group) headed out at 8.30AM from Gulf Harbour on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula for a fascinating, scorching! and...
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