Hi all Some of you may be interested in the following, received from Karen (Baird) on Raoul earlier this evening. “Weather today was lovely so headed off to...
kwtl@...
Apr 1, 2007 9:50 am
5269
In fact the white back shows up more when the bird is in breeding plumage, very distinctive. Adrian ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Apr 1, 2007 9:53 am
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Over the past summer there have been 3 sightings of a Bar-tailed Godwit with YELLOW/ORANGE leg flags in New Zealand. This is the flag combination for Southwest...
David Melville
david.melville@...
Apr 2, 2007 4:51 am
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Hi All, nothing special to report other than to say the Black-backed Gull and White-fronted Tern roosts at Waikanae are really impressive now. Yesterday on the...
dabchick are building up again as usual at this time of year at the ponds--i counted 8 today 3 black fronted dotts' still around spoonbills also building up--...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Apr 3, 2007 4:46 am
5273
Had an email today from Ian Price, Ranger on Tiritiri Matangi Island to say: "Yesterday there was a breed of duck on NE Bay dam which I have never seen before,...
Hi all, with the never ending drought here in Australia more waterbirds, especially from the interior are on the cards - I expect wont be long before the...
Trevor Worthy
twmoa@...
Apr 3, 2007 8:51 am
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Hi, Two Lesser Yellowlegs were reported from the Jarvis area of Greenpark Sands, Lake Ellesmere on Saturday, but couldn't be relocated on Sunday. Six...
Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Apr 3, 2007 9:00 pm
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Hi Just back from a great trip to the Three Kings - some awesome birds and stunning numbers too but I'll leave that to Sav to reveal all. Good mix of waders...
timandwendybarnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Apr 4, 2007 5:54 am
5277
Hi Seabirders Just to let you know about places open for birders on the following ocean-going trips. These are opportunities on a vessel relocating between...
kwtl@...
Apr 4, 2007 9:36 pm
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Hi, don't know whether this is of interest or not. A very approachable NZ Pipit is present on the shore at Pukerua Bay, just beyond the last car park and near...
THREE KINGS PELAGIC Dates: 31 March - 3 Apr 07 Route: Day 1 Houhora - North Cape - Three Kings Day 2 Three Kings - Middlesex bank - Three Kings Day 3 Three...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Apr 5, 2007 5:43 am
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Hello All, During the last week, many visits have been made by Canty OSNZ members. No Baird's Sandpiper or Lesser Yellowlegs were confirmed but there were a...
Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Apr 5, 2007 10:42 pm
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gwenda pulham and phil hammond went to big sand island [kaipara harbour] on good friday and although only a 3.9 tide still plenty of interest 12.00 noon at...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Apr 7, 2007 3:57 am
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i forgot to mention that gwenda and phil went to big sand via strakas [because phil was interested in an odd duck seen after work during the week] but we...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Apr 7, 2007 4:13 am
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At the Pohangina Wetlands (near Palmerston North) yesterday was a lone Spoonbill (juvenile) with a little shag. Alex and Kathy. [Non-text portions of this...
Kathy & Alex Scott
alkscott@...
Apr 7, 2007 5:17 am
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Hi there There were five black-fronted terns with a flock of white-fronted terns on rocks off Palmer Head on the Wellington south coast today between 2pm and...
stephanie mills
millsszabo@...
Apr 7, 2007 6:05 am
5285
I also forgot to mention that there was a Brown Teal on the sewage ponds near Strakas a couple of weeks ago. Cheers, Phil B _____ From:...
Further to the email below, here's an update on 2 recent trips to the lake made by Colin Hill and me April 1 r-n stint 32 Golden plover 75 sharp-t sand 12 ...
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Apr 8, 2007 12:00 am
5287
Hi all Have spent a couple more days birding (ie on top of the Hauraki Gulf pelagic on Friday) enjoying the Easter weekend with a keen bunch of folks. Heading...
kwtl@...
Apr 8, 2007 10:09 am
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Hi all Ten of us departed Sandspit, 0840hrs, 2kns SW and 10% cloud cover; a fine calm day and the usual cosmopolitan mix aboard to enjoy the day. Blue Penguins...
kwtl@...
Apr 8, 2007 10:16 am
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Hi all, Don't know if anyone else counts juv W/F terns in roosting flocks of W/F terns at this time of year. Obs on AK West Coast beaches and Southern Kaipara...
John Simmons
johnsimmons@...
Apr 10, 2007 1:37 am
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Had a call yesterday from Kim King, who lives on Raynes Rd, just south-west of Hamilton. She had just seen two Cape Barren Geese on an artificial lake on the...
David Riddell & Annet...
Number8@...
Apr 10, 2007 3:51 am
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Dear all, The latest volume of the International Wader Study Group (Vol.111 Dec 2006) has a paper about the population estimates of North American shorebirds...
Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Apr 11, 2007 2:48 am
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Rob et al., The decline in migratory populations of both Waders and seabirds is of great concern and no doubt causal links will be raised with development ...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Apr 11, 2007 5:33 am
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Thirty juvenile shore plover have recently been released on Mana Island, with more to come. While most are still present (and easily seen near the landing...
Hi all Just received this from a colleague in Oregon US: "Looks like the Sooty Shearwaters are back in this hemisphere for the season. I observed a "miles"...
kwtl@...
Apr 12, 2007 8:00 pm
5295
Hi All, my son Julius and I have just seen a beautiful Shore Plover in the muddy creek at the Paraparaumu end (Manly St)of Waikanae Estuary (at 12.30). Much...
... Good question. Its native born and raised. Free flying and self-determined. Why not? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free...
Roger Radd
kiwi@...
Apr 13, 2007 1:47 am
5297
Is this one of the Shore Plover that was transferred ? All these were captive-reared, mainly from Mt Bruce (National Wildlife Centre), and some from Peacock...
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