Missed it??? Here is the online version. www.tv3.co.nz/VideoBrowseAll/WeatherEnvironmentVideo/tabid/316/articleID/336 48/Default.aspx#video Cheers Simon Simon...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Sep 1, 2007 9:04 pm
Hi folks, not sure if this has reached biridng-NZ yet? The rangers at travis wetland saw a sandpiper sp. With 2 Banded Dotts on Wednesday and Thursday at...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Sep 2, 2007 4:13 am
G'day everyone - I met up with the rangers John and Matt at Travis this afternoon and searched the place high and ow for this sandpiper. We found it on the...
More on the rhodie menace: toxicology section from Wikipedia, azaleas implicated too. Some species are poisonous to grazing animals. These Rhododendrons have a...
Hi Rosemary From what I have read on the internet it seems all Rhododendron species, and all parts of the plant are poisonous. Yes, some types may be more...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Sep 2, 2007 9:41 pm
Hi all, posting this for Colin Miskelly who is having trouble posting at present (I'm trying to sort it out). A work colleague has provided a low-resolution...
... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Duan Biggs Sent: Fri 8/31/2007 10:20 AM To: Birding-NZ@yahoogroups.com Cc: Subject: [BIRDING-NZ] Trip reports...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Sep 2, 2007 10:12 pm
Hi all, Just had an email from Marian Deakin who lives on the Kapiti Coast. Yesterday (2 Sept) she found an Antarctic Fulmar near the footbridge over the...
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Kevin Matthews
kble@...
Sep 2, 2007 10:22 pm
Hi All, What is the recommended advice to aid the recovery of the affected birds? Thanks Kevin _____ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Sep 2, 2007 10:35 pm
See below - ... Argentina ... Brent Stephenson PhD (Ornithology) Eco-Vista: Photography & Research + Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ PO Box 8291, Havelock North...
On Saturday 1.9.07 there was a pair of White Heron on Lake Horowhenua. They were close to shore, quietly stalking and feeding. They were visible from the...
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Hugh Clifford
hughjclifford@...
Sep 3, 2007 6:09 am
What experience of this problem is there from Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust? Hugh [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Sep 3, 2007 11:13 am
I snuck out from OSNZ Hokitika AGM proceedings June 2002 to go to this "tour". I got the impression he was closing down to tour business - moved to ...
Hello Paul and Rosemary. As a veterinarian I am interested to know more about Rhododendron poisoning in birds. Most NZ vets will have seen Rhodo poisoning, the...
We're in the process of moving to NZ (where I understand books are quite expensive). If I were to purchase one or two field guides specific to or inclusive of...
Overly amorous kereruA work colleague has provided a low-resolution photograph of a kereru attempting to mate with a life-like ceramic kereru in his parents'...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Sep 3, 2007 8:35 pm
Hi Keyena, Really the only field guide at present is "The field guide to the birds of New Zealand" by Heather and Robertson. There is also a smaller less ...
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Rosemary Tully
rosemarytully@...
Sep 3, 2007 8:58 pm
Hi Keep the bird warm, (I use an incubator) and stop it hurting itself if it can move around. Then I give (or try to give) 1 ml of electrolyte by crop needle....
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Roger Radd
kiwi@...
Sep 3, 2007 9:33 pm
... In this case you are looking at interactions of a plant away from its natural pollinators. Perhaps they prefer to be pollinated by insects or select...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Sep 4, 2007 12:51 am
Hi All, Bruce can be contacted at b.menteath@... He still occasionally does tourist trips but it depends on the numbers. Jan [RR Canterbury] ... ...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Sep 4, 2007 2:22 am
Dear all, We did a survey during spring tides of 1 and 2 September for colour bands of parts of the Top of the South Island. Number of waders was slightly...
While at Hamilton Zoo catching (wild) tui a couple of weeks ago the conversation with the bird keepers briefly went to rhodo V's tui and the treatment they...
Yea, that's right. Does anyone have any suggestions for keeping tui away? While most people work hard to attract them, I've had an enquiry from someone who has...
It might be a bit off the wall, but how about distracting them by feeding them bowls of sugar water? I find brightly coloured (red/orange/yellow) plastic bowls...
Some birds often destroy flowers during feeding. As Roger states, this (Rhododendron floral) toxicity is a plant-developed strategy to discourage non-preferred...
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Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Sep 4, 2007 11:03 am
Note the same website also has some satellite tagged grey-faced petrels from Aldermen Islands doing there thing around NZ and well beyond (out to the Cook...
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Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Sep 4, 2007 12:25 pm
Recent postings about seagulls on powerlines had got me thinking last week that I've never seen a Tui on a wire, so I was surprised this evening when I...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Sep 4, 2007 8:46 pm
This link doesn't seem to work but if you go to www.tv3.co.nz then pick the Video - Browse All tab then Weather/Environment Video you will see "Native Birds...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Sep 4, 2007 9:59 pm
Hi all, The grey-faced petrel info can be found here http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=231 There is also a "Sooty Shearwaters in the California...
Two weeks ago I saw a tui on a powerline in Hill St.just a few metres from Parliament.They are common in the area,as in Wellington generally. [Non-text...
