Dear all, Alan Collins found a Ruff at Ki-Wainono on Wednesday ( prob. a male as it towered over the Banded Dotterel) also still at least 96 Wrybill present as...
Could someone help with this please? It is not a magpie nor a pied shag. "I live in the North Shore of Auckland and have seen (one sighting) of a very large...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Nov 2, 2002 8:17 pm
Pied Shag? Little Shag, Pied phase? Stuart Nicholson ... From: shiningcuckoo [SMTP:narena@...] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 7:11 AM To:...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Nov 3, 2002 12:21 am
... From: Wratten, Steve <Wrattens@...> To: "David L. Thomas" <dthomas@...>, birding-nz@... Subject:...
Things are starting to move at last. Today at the Manawatu I had the following: Barwit 350+ inc one orange flag Red Knot 140 inc one orange flag Pectoral...
Hi, I've heard a report, from a reliable source, that a lesser yellowlegs was found at the Avon/Heathcote estuary on Friday 1st Nov. Does anybody have more...
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Paul Cuming
birdo@...
Nov 3, 2002 11:31 pm
Waikato's team gathered 53 species in their 24 hour period. Alas, we could not include Dabchick seen near Te Awamutu, the closest record yet to Hamilton for...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Nov 5, 2002 12:06 am
Colin Hill found what is probably one at Lake E. yesterday -he is pretty sure of the ID -he and I are checking later today. 2 sanderlings too. Cheers Steve...
Hi folks and friends, After 2 and a half years working with the NZ High Commission in Singapore and chasing waders and wetland birds around Singapore, Malaysia...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Nov 6, 2002 3:34 am
I thought i sent this earlier -if you get it twice, apologies. ... Date sent: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:19:25 +1300 From: Dianne Fyfe...
Hi All, The bird was still present last night, I got very close views in good light but sadly only when the bird was asleep and more distant views of it...
Hi folks, Just a gentle reminder to folks that stumble across odd plumaged migrant waders (and terns) in NZ - esp visitors or newcomers to NZ who are used to...
Hi, I fully agree with everything that Andrew has said. However, I just wish to clarify the situation regarding the stint at Lake Ellesmere. The bird has a...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Nov 7, 2002 7:57 pm
G'day all Another aspect of all of this is that most of the wader reference works are from the northern hemisphere, and deal with widespread...
Hi Peter, Good to meet you at the OSNZ meeting the other day. I would love to meet up sometime for a chat about bird photography. I think I could learn a lot...
Atrocious weather and all the waders bunched together made for difficult accurate counts but today there were: Barwit - 400+ increase of about 50 since last...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Nov 10, 2002 7:29 am
Just to report on the census at Miranda today. Not all the returns were in when I left, but attached are the records from the main roost at the Limeworks. ...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Nov 10, 2002 7:55 am
We couldn't let the North Island have all the sightings - there is now a Chinese-flagged Bar-tailed Godwit (Green over Orange) in Nelson Haven - first seen by...
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Ross or Lyn Silcock
silcock@...
Nov 10, 2002 5:58 pm
Hi folks: I notice that Hadoram Shirihai in his new book "Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife" says that Rockhoppers (filholi) breed on the Bounty Is. I...
Hi, This weekend Scott Butcher and I went birding in Marlborough. Highlights were a red-necked phalarope (almost entirely in winter type plumage) and a rook at...
Hi, I'm intending to go to Stewart Island in late December for about 5 days. The main species that I am interested in seeing are the kiwi, NZ dotterel and the...
Hi All, After weeks of foregoing fresh air and birding, I've finally completed (well sort of!) our new web-site, we've now got two photo galleries, a news...
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Wratten, Steve
Wrattens@...
Nov 18, 2002 12:52 am
Most Oceanwings trips were canceled this w/e because of the rough conditions but i got on the 1 pm trip on Sat 16th. A bit sloppy and the 8 other pax were a...
I spoke to an American birder who reported seeing a White-necked Heron on the road out to Muriwai. This will have been about 3 weeks ago but worth looking for...
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Paul Cuming
birdo@...
Nov 19, 2002 7:37 am
Hi all Port Waikato birds this month via DoC Waikato staff: 1 Red-necked avocet on the 4th or 5th November at the Port. Not seen since 7 Spoonbills in the same...
On Wednesday evening in the Embankment road area there were 41 Pacific Golden Plover 1 Pectoral sandpiper 2 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers 2 Bar-tailed Godwits 2...
