1-01-02 South Manukau Banded 70 Black Bill Gull chicks m-y Also at high tide 15 Little Tern inc 1 banded green-m Where from? 17 R.N. Stint, 1 Broad Bill...
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Keith Woodley
shorebird@...
Jan 2, 2002 6:44 am
2 Jnnuary 2002 Thanks to Paul Cuming for alerting us to the dabchick on the ponds 100 metres south of the Shorebird Centre this morning. Perhaps not a ...
Hello All, All the best for 2002. I thought that some of the group members may be interested in the following. Here in Norway it is a tradition to send up ...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Jan 5, 2002 12:44 am
1. Lake E on Dec 30 had (Clarke's Road mainly -Colin Hill and Steve Wratten): 7 Knot (one with right-leg orange flag) 13 Sharp-tailed 12 Pectoral 31 Bar-tailed...
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Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Jan 5, 2002 6:05 am
G'day all from an Aussie subscriber, I did not appreciate how maritime a country NZ was until I subscribed to your site. Nearly all the birding reports, which...
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John & Margaret Brier...
brierley@...
Jan 5, 2002 7:03 am
Hi Chris We did a walk from Lake Tarawera to the Tarawera Falls last week and saw lots of bush birds, including - North Island Robins, saw and heard these near...
Hello All, I sent a mail to the group on 4/1 with the title "Grouse" Killed By Rocket. I wrote about a grouse that fell down dead at the feet of a family in...
Over the last few weeks have been observing bitterns around here on the Ohiwa Harbour edge, eastern Bay of Plenty. At first a pair and now a solitary bird. I...
Hello everyone and all the best for 2002! Spent the xmas holidays tramping the north-west circuit on Stewart Island (7 days). Very impressed with the abundance...
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Paul Cuming
paul.cuming@...
Jan 7, 2002 1:56 am
Narena, a few months ago, I saw three Bittern on the edge of the Whangamarino Swamp's southeastern edge. My uncle reports 8 in one paddock near the same spot,...
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Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Jan 7, 2002 3:45 am
G'day John and Margaret, Thanks a lot for your report - I appreciated it very much. Perhaps you may submit one every now and then to keep us up on NZ...
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Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Jan 7, 2002 3:45 am
G'day All, Would anyone be able to recommend a/some field guide to NZ birds? Regards, Chris Coleborn...
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Tovey-Nicholsons
nicholson@...
Jan 7, 2002 9:07 am
Dear Chris, An extract from an email I sent recently: 'The best field guide for birds in NZ is "The field guide to the birds of New Zealand" by Barrie Heather...
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Barry Hartley
Barry_Hartley@...
Jan 7, 2002 9:27 am
South Island Oystercatchers are on the move. Several flocks from 4 to 65 seen today flying north. We have one NZ Dotterel chick first seen on Xmas Eve still...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Jan 7, 2002 7:36 pm
Bittern are seen on a fairly regular basis around several parts of Hawkes Bay - Waitangi estuary, Muddy Creek (near Clive), several of the lakes and the upper...
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Brent Stephenson
eco-vista@...
Jan 7, 2002 11:46 pm
Hi all, Recent sightings over the past few days at Ahuriri Estuary - 3 RN stints and wrybill also seen on the gravel pit area at high tide. Haven't seen the...
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Chris Coleborn
coleborn@...
Jan 8, 2002 6:47 am
Thanks to those who gave advice on NZ Fieldguides. Much appreciated. Chris Coleborn...
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p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Jan 9, 2002 8:19 am
While Lloyd Esler is away I patrolled his patch of Oreti Beach yesterday _ approx. 3km. Picked up a Light-mantled Sooty Albatross which is rare for Southland,...
This mornings high tide at the Manawatu Est brought the following : Wrybill 29, Pacific GP 13, Barwit 240 (inc Orange - Victorian flag present since Oct 01),...
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Paul Cuming
paul.cuming@...
Jan 12, 2002 1:04 am
Landcare Research requests that all Waikato sightings of the 3 species of birds above be reported as part of a major new project looking into the distribution...
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nick.peetz@...
Jan 12, 2002 7:16 am
My apologies for the lateness of this report. Falcon was sighted flying parallel to state highway 1 at Mckays Crossing (South of Paraparaumu) on 29 Dec 01....
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Hugo Phillipps
h.phillipps@...
Jan 15, 2002 4:09 am
Hi everybody - Below is a media release received from BirdLife International regarding the campaign to halt further decline of albatross species around the...
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p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Jan 15, 2002 8:36 am
Visited the Longwoods near Riverton, Southland at the weekend and heard a Tui calling with a very mournful song, parts of which sounded like a Kokako. In fact...
2 Gull-billed Terns in non-breeding plumage were found by Roger Slack yesterday, and were still present today (16 Jan) at the Manawatu Estuary. At yesterdays...
Hi all, Just received a message from Tim Barnard to say that he saw a possible (I'd say probable) Hudwit at Maketu on 13 Jan. Sav Saville [Non-text portions of...
The 2 Gull-billed Terns were still at the Manawatu Est today. Also Terek, Little Tern, 2 Sharp-tails, 39 Wrybill. Though I didn't see them myself there were...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Jan 18, 2002 10:09 am
Greetings fellow Birding NZers from a very soggy Canterbury, A Grey Phalarope was found yesterday (17/1) at Embankment Road by Matthias Retter. It was found...
The 2 Gull-billed Terns were still present at the Manawatu Estuary today. All the other recently reported birds, including the 2 Eastern Curlews, were also...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Jan 20, 2002 9:56 pm
Hi all I'm very impressed with how this little group is going. Even more with the birds you North Islanders have come up with so far this season. Not to be...
