Hi all Each year we schedule a New Year’s Eve pelagic and look for something extra to spice the fairly relaxed occasion. Yesterday was no exception and...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jan 1, 2008 10:02 am
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Hi, Just had a call from Alex Scott. He has just seen and photographed a male Shore Plover at the Manawatu Estuary, on this evening's high tide - small tide at...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jan 2, 2008 7:59 am
6185
Hi all, Had a fabulous day (for me) at Taiaroa Head. Thanks to a massive fishing ship 2 km's offshore I was counting albatross for the entire 2.5 hours. ...
Fellow sea-watchers, Thanks to Chris's helpful advice I returned to Taiaroa Head yesterday with a determination to check those shearwaters. As I suspected,...
For Waitangi Day/Chinese New Year I decided to do a small birdathon around the Dunedin area. Do be environmentally friendly, my only modes of transportation...
Hi Paul, Thanks for update, must be a major job to get that on the rail. Can you please clarify, do we now have two (competing??) recording systems for NZ ...
Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Feb 12, 2008 3:34 am
6246
Thanks to all those that have responded re: possible night heron at Mangere. It does seem an unlikely sighting I agree, but there's always hope isn't there....
John Owen
jlowen@...
Feb 12, 2008 5:36 am
6247
hi peter and all from your good description it sounds like you did in fact see a pectoral. it may be helpfull for you to know that ray clough told us that he...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Feb 13, 2008 2:11 am
6248
Hi seabirders There will be the opportunity in late April 08 for seabird enthusiasts to jump aboard an ocean-going yacht that is returning to Auckland (its...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Feb 13, 2008 6:13 am
6249
Hi all, I've just returned from a 5-day university field trip around the southern half of SI. The route took us through the Catlins, Southland, up through...
Dear all, In total, 24 people participated in the summer OSNZ Shorebird Census in Top of South Island. Between Kaikoura, Marlborough to Farewell Spit and ...
Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Feb 13, 2008 10:13 am
6251
Hi all, This afternoon there was a GREY PLOVER at the Manawatu Estuary. Only the second ever record for the site (first in Feb 1991). It was a pretty strange ...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 14, 2008 5:35 am
6252
Here at last are the results of a banded Wandering Albatross that a group of us found on Whatipu Beach in August. (The group included Daryl Jeffries, Dan...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Feb 14, 2008 8:07 pm
6253
Hi, sorry about the 'retrospective' nature of the following two reports. On 28th Jan I saw a large juvenile Penguin sp. off Pakatoa Island in the Hauraki Gulf,...
A great pity the ‘dollarbird’ did not get to a museum – not many records are actually substantiated in NZ Trevor H. Worthy, 71 Thomas Street, Unley 5061,...
Trevor Worthy
twmoa@...
Feb 15, 2008 9:09 am
6255
Hi all Some of you may have seen the item on TV1's Close Up last week. Folks up this way might be interested in this - if you are DOC contacts are below. STOP...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Feb 18, 2008 12:25 am
6256
For those who like listening to the radio via the internet, BBC Radio is running a series on animal migration, focusing on satellite tracking. It was launched...
Battley, Phil
P.Battley@...
Feb 18, 2008 2:23 am
6257
Please bear with me if you have seen this already ... This proposed plan change is to allow a Hanover Property subdivision of 230 lots adjacent to the Waipu...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Feb 18, 2008 6:04 am
6258
I have a PDF copy (2MB) of DOC's recent Waipu Ecological District report, if anyone is interested in having a look. Best regards, Suzi [Non-text portions of...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Feb 18, 2008 6:09 am
6259
Hi All, Could someone please tell me the date/day of Godwit departure in Christchurch as our local paper in Marlborough wish to do an article here. Any...
From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Suzi Phillips Sent: 18 February 2008 19:04 To: Birding NZ Subject:...
Sav Saville
binzsav@...
Feb 18, 2008 9:30 am
6261
Thanks to Suzi for getting this message out. I'm not sure how much weight out-of-area submissions rate in a case like this, but I would urge every one to take...
Sav Saville
binzsav@...
Feb 18, 2008 9:34 am
6262
A couple of news worthy items - for those who didn't catch the TV1 Close Up item - Rat Part Two - follow the link to http://tvnz.co.nz/ and go to Editor's...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Feb 19, 2008 9:19 pm
6263
Hi all, Just seen photos of both Grey and Shore Plover taken today at Manawatu Estuary - thanks to Phil Battley. Sav Saville Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ 23 Duke...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 20, 2008 8:02 am
6264
Hello. I found a shearwater sp. dead on Whangamata beach yesterday. It looks like a Manx but I'm sure it will probably be a Little. Shall upload pictures if...
Hi all Six of us departed Sandspit at 0830hrs Tuesday 19 February for a Hauraki Gulf pelagic. Conditions were overcast, a hint of showers out to the...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Feb 20, 2008 10:50 am
6266
Just to clarify, thanks to me Sav saw the photos, but Jesse Conklin took them! Phil ___________________________ Dr Phil Battley Ecology Group Massey University...
Battley, Phil
P.Battley@...
Feb 21, 2008 1:56 am
6267
Hi all, Grey Plover and Shore Plover still present today. Also, a report of a possible Greater Sand-plover (aka Large Sand Dotterel - what a horrible name!)....
Sav Saville
sav@...
Feb 21, 2008 9:22 am
6268
We currently have guests from the West Coast staying with us. They are very familiar with tui. The gentleman is positive he saw two fly past yesterday morning...
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