Hi all It has been fascinating looking at the Hauraki Gulf and its seabirds over the past couple of months. Since early October we've run seven trips: 6 Oct,...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Dec 1, 2006 6:43 pm
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hello all, this isn't a bird question, but does anybody know where a good site for seeing short-tailed bats would be (preferably without disturbing them at...
Hi all, Spent an hour or so yesterday evening at Kariotahi Beach looking for the common tern. No luck, but no white-fronted terns either. Phil Hammond and...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 3, 2006 6:09 pm
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On sunday I was at Karaka with Tony Habraken, Phil Hammond, Phil Hansbro, John Woods and Bill Abbott. A nice day except for the wind. Among the other waders...
Brent, I went out on Friday night, and the WF Terns were roosting about 1.5km to the south of the surf club, about 60 at the time although they were still...
David
lawrie@...
Dec 4, 2006 9:16 am
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I was at Miranda on Sunday evening about 6pm and birds were just arriving into the pool by the road. Among them were the Hudsonian Godwit, the Black Tailed...
David
lawrie@...
Dec 4, 2006 9:33 am
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Hi folks, In discussing this issue with a top aussie birder that I've recently been co-leading a bird tour around NZ with, (Phil Gregory), he pointed out that...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Dec 4, 2006 8:00 pm
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hi david and all phil hansbro and i were at miranda [after karaka [nice ruff] and kariotahi] on sunday at about 4pm. Nearly all the brown birds were way out at...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Dec 4, 2006 9:15 pm
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Hi all: I second David's suggestion re Sav doing an article on ID of the 3 Sterna! Great idea. Ross ... From: David To: brent@... ; 'Birding NZ'...
Somehow omitted my signature etc. It's below. Ross Ross Silcock P.O. Box 57 Tabor, IA 51653 New Zealand Land and Pelagic Bird Tours http://www.rosssilcock.com ...
Just before Sav kills me for suggesting him, anyone could do the article it is just that Sav is the best!! so if anyone else wants to do it then I am sure he...
David
lawrie@...
Dec 5, 2006 7:27 am
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A small piece we got into the Waikato times about the Crested pigeon sighting certainly caused a lot of people to think about the birds they have seen...
Bev and Bryan Woolley
bwoolley@...
Dec 5, 2006 8:20 am
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hello all, thanks to all the people who responded to my query about the bats :-) Israel Send instant messages to your online friends...
The count of wading birds on Lake Ellesmere (Canterbury) was done on Saturday. Nothing of great rarity was found, but somewhat larger than normal numbers of...
Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Dec 5, 2006 9:53 pm
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With summer here and people putting down grass seed to grow new lawns, everyone should be on the lookout for those yellowheads that like grass seed - both in...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Dec 5, 2006 11:44 pm
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Actually Crested Pigeons will likely home in on the seed too. At Auckland uni they kill a large marquee-shaped plot of grass during graduations and re-sow it...
All the more reason to consistently call the real one Mohua. Gillian ... From: Crossland, Andrew To: Bev and Bryan Woolley Cc: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
gillian.pollock
gillian.pollock@...
Dec 6, 2006 12:42 am
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why not "Yellow-headed Mohua-flycatcher"? and the Whitehead called "White-headed Mohua-flycatcher" and the Brown Creeper called "Brown-headed...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Dec 6, 2006 1:12 am
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Yes we have a lot of Yellowheads here in Wellington, I get reports regularly apparently there was a pair wintered about 500 metres from my place. Cheers, Peter...
Ruth & Peter Reese
ruth.peterr@...
Dec 6, 2006 6:47 am
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For those with large wallets, Andrew Isles books store in Australia is selling the plates by Peter Schouten from Tim Flannery's book "A Gap in Nature", about...
Nick] Sent it round on birding nz yet? Cheers Steve Wratten extn 8221 If your email is urgent, and I have not replied to you in two days, please contact Dianne...
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Dec 6, 2006 10:01 pm
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I heard of someone convinced they had yellowhammerheads in their garden. Neil Fitzgerald www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz _____ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com...
Hi Folks, Have just had an update from lake Grassmere from Sav, who was there this afternoon. Both Red necked Phalaropes were showing well outside the...
Is it a regular habit of parent birds to eat the shell of hatched eggs , as has been recorded with kiwi ? . Some passerines carry shell remnants away from the...
bertha groom
bjgroom@...
Dec 8, 2006 9:43 am
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Hi all, The weather and tides did their best yesterday (8/12) to halt the progression to 204...but failed miserably. Very strong NW winds saw the high tide at...
Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 9, 2006 2:03 am
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Hello, I am planning a non-birding trip to New Zealand for February. I'll get a bit of birding in, though, and have some questions: - Cape Kidnappers Gannet...
Yesterday Tony Habraken found a Hudsonian Godwit at the end of the sandspit at Sunset Beach at Port Waikato on the mouth of the Waikato River. It was with the...
David
lawrie@...
Dec 10, 2006 8:04 am
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Further to Brent's note about the ruff at Kidd's on friday, the other interesting birds present were two Banded Dotterels. They are the first I have seen there...
Hi there Still pretty quiet at both estuaries - amongst the usuals are: Red-necked stint 4 Sharp-tailed sandpipers 2 Turnstone 2 Little tern 2 and an NZ pipit...
timandwendybarnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Dec 12, 2006 9:24 am
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Hi All, Have just completed a birding tour of central South island . Birds seen including road kill ( client found this fascinating for closeup I.D) Black...
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