Hi All, I though I might try this group first in offering for sale a nearly-new birding 'scope: Opticron GS 665 GA ED Fieldscope body (black armoured) ...
Tim Barnard rang at 1030 this morning to report that he had just found a pair of Chestnut Breasted Shelducks at Falls road, Whangamarino. It is a worry when...
David
lawrie@...
Mar 3, 2007 1:47 am
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Hi There are three (sorry David found another after I phoned you) chestnut breasted shelduck at Falls Rd. Two females and a male. They were in the open muddy...
timandwendybarnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Mar 3, 2007 2:41 am
5128
Hi they have turned up again today at Neil Candys. Peter Russell ... From: "Peter Russell" <peter.anner@...> To: "'birding-nz'"...
Firstly my apologies for the late posting of Tim's sighting this morning. I was just on my way out the door on my wife's shopping trip to earn some brownie...
David
lawrie@...
Mar 3, 2007 9:49 am
5130
Tried to send this earlier in the week but it didn't seem to arrive. Ian ... From: Ian Southey <iansouthey@...> To: Birding New Zealand...
hi all, when I was over on the West Coast I thought I'd got blue shags (in winter/juvenile plumage) at Punakaiki, based on me believing that there were only...
The 5 Plumed Whistling Ducks were still present this morning at the Candy's farm ponds just outside Woodville. Sav Saville Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ 23 Duke...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Mar 3, 2007 9:05 pm
5133
Hi Israle, just to clarify, down in the SW of Stewart island (around Big South Cape) and on the W side I've seen definite blue shags with deep dark greyish...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Mar 3, 2007 11:27 pm
5134
Hi all, The status of the blue shag is only a subspecies. This reflects the fact that there is very little difference between it (oliveri, =steadi of last...
Trevor Worthy
twmoa@...
Mar 4, 2007 1:55 am
5135
A few days ago I got a message from Don Cooper saying he had heard about 2 Cape Barren Geese near The Kumaras and Thorp Street area. I replied that there have...
Pauline Samways
psamways@...
Mar 4, 2007 2:15 am
5136
The five plumed whistling ducks were still present at the Candys' upper pond, Woodville, mid-afternoon on 4 March. During the hour that I watched them, they...
Hi all Aren't California Quails supposed to be absent from most of Southland? I was down in Invercargill for the weekend, and visited the Bluff Cemetery late ...
The original description of this taxon may be of interest to some (especially the photograph). You can download the description at: ...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Mar 4, 2007 11:01 pm
5139
After leaving Dunedin, Morag & I headed west with 2 new species hoped for - rock wren & blue duck. We also hoped for falcon, which we had only seen once before...
There is a small group of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in the Pounawea/Catlins Lake Area, which were apparently released some years ago (pre 2001). I've seen...
Richard Schofield
richard@...
Mar 5, 2007 3:09 am
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Does anyone know of any hotspots for falcon in the Taupo / Tongariro area? We will also be looking for blue duck and have been advised to try Ruatiti Domain...
Hi All, On Friday I saw a bird feeding in the farm cattle yards so I photographed it and identified it as a Barbary Dove. According to Birds of NZ they are...
Driftwood Eco Tours
will@...
Mar 5, 2007 8:35 am
5143
Hi Simon, What about the road across Pureora State Forest from SH32 to SH30 ? I think it's from near Tihoi to near Barryville, (or vice versa). About half...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Mar 5, 2007 8:38 am
5144
Hi all I went with our intrepid wader catchers (Rob and David + Ingrid) to Cow Island and head of Awarua Bay yesterday looking for colour bands and flags. We...
Phil Rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Mar 5, 2007 8:59 am
5145
There's a small pop in NE CHCH - Burwood-Marshlands-Spencerville-Brooklands area. AC ________________________________ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com ...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Mar 5, 2007 7:24 pm
5146
I've also had Falcon at Ruatiti. ... From: Simon Fordham To: 'Birding NZ' Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:23 PM Subject: [BIRDING-NZ] Central NI Tips Does...
Hi Simon, The whole Pureora Forest area is good for Falcon, particularly the Bismark Rd/forest tower area. I also had a Falcon at Ruatiti a couple of weeks...
sav@...
Mar 5, 2007 8:14 pm
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(Sent to SF last night) Yep, the Manganui-a-teao River valley (I've seen falcon where you first meet the river - and also both upstream and downstream);...
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Mar 5, 2007 8:57 pm
5149
hi all I went down to whangamarino swamp [falls road] after work yesterday [ monday ] evening and c.b. shelduck still there---whilst feeding the one I saw was...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Mar 5, 2007 10:06 pm
5150
Hi all For those interested in extended NZ pelagics we are running a couple of cost-share pelagics at both ends of the country this April – Stewart Island...
kwtl@...
Mar 5, 2007 11:05 pm
5151
And there's a little flock free-flying at 'Birdlands' in Okuti valley on Banks Peninsula. Jan ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Mar 6, 2007 1:43 am
5152
so are the NE Chch ones legitimate ticks? (I mean, are they an established breeding population or just scattered birds?). If so, where is a good spot to see...
Colin Hill and I checked from Embankment to Jarvis -many pools after last Friday's southerly. We found: Red-necked Stint 38 Wrybill -not counted but 200+ Red...
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Mar 6, 2007 5:05 am
5154
hi all, I just saw a VERY brief item on 3news about orange-fronted parakeets being released on Maud Island. Anyone have any further info on this? Israel Send...
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