I would like to say a BIG thank you to all those that have provided so much useful information for our trip south. I only wish we had sufficient time to...
Hi all, Despite calls for heavy rain I decided to head down to the Catlins for a bit of bush/seaside birding. It turns out that my tarp (my only anti-rain...
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Tim Barnard
timandwendybarnard@...
Mar 2, 2008 6:27 am
Hi Second attempt at Census weekend in the BoP so yesterday we got the usual cyclonic conditions and driving rain. Best so far is a black-tailed godwit with...
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Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Mar 2, 2008 7:10 am
Hi all Karen and I went for a wander up Pakiri Beach this afternoon, about two-thirds the way to Te Arai Point (and back) . Beach wrecks: two blue penguins,...
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Shane McPherson
shane.mcpherson@...
Mar 2, 2008 8:28 am
Hi all For any locals of the west coast I am planning a trip down the west coast of the mainland in late April. Where would an ideal place to be to go and...
Has anyone heard of research or monitoring being done, or observed themselves, the impacts (if any) of Didymo on braided river bird species? (Especially the...
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Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Mar 2, 2008 9:54 pm
Hi all FYI This from Dave Smith DOC Te Kuiti: "I had the email string below passed on. "Ian's comments are pretty much on the money - Mapara is currently...
We are just back from a couple of weeks birding in South Island and thought we would mention a few of the highlights (in addition to finding Rowi with Ian...
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Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Mar 3, 2008 4:19 am
hi all a great knot was showing again foraging in several places around the waionui lagoon/ papakanui spit yesterday afternoon from low tide to tide half way...
Hi all, Luckily for me I don't have classes on Tuesday mornings, so I decided to get out and look for birds! I started off at the Sinclair Wetlands (near Lake...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Mar 4, 2008 7:00 pm
"RIFLEMEN working through the marsh"??? or silvereyes? Stuart ... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Russell...
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Shane McPherson
shane.mcpherson@...
Mar 4, 2008 8:40 pm
Hi all. I enquired earlier about Mohua birding on the west coast and thanks for all the replies. Looks like the top of haasts pass is the best option. We will...
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sav@...
Mar 4, 2008 9:27 pm
Hi all, I've just seen Shane's posting re Haast Pass and Yellowheads. I have just moved house and haven't yet had a chance to post a trip report from our last...
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Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Mar 4, 2008 9:56 pm
Hi Sav, Shane I wouldn't give up on Yellowheads at Haast - we were there in pretty miserable conditions early Feb, staying only about an hour at the most and...
Yes, indeed there were at least 2 Riflemen going through. There were also many Silvereyes and Gray Warbler. The Sinclair Wetlands have a lot of scrubby...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Mar 5, 2008 7:44 am
I forget that riflemen are more common down Dunedin way. The Sinclair Wetlands certainly sounds pretty special - must put them on my "to do" (or is it "to...
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David
lawrie@...
Mar 5, 2008 8:39 am
Hi all, Here is a question from a South Auckland member out of her area for you top of the south birders to answer. Wendy is a reliable birder so I think this...
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Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Mar 5, 2008 9:09 am
Hi David Fascinating! The bit about body being darker than the wings seems at odds with seabirds through. Could be a trick of the light and they were all-dark...
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Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Mar 5, 2008 9:11 am
Scaup? ... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2008 21:38 To:...
Hi, Re Mohua at Haast's: I was up at Haast's Pass (The Divide) in February 07 and we stopped at the new trail head. I can confirm seeing both yellow-crowned...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Mar 5, 2008 7:23 pm
Hi guys - a strange looking dotterel sighted by the park rangers at Travis Wetland had me thinking of Little Ringed Plovers as I raced across town in my fire...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Mar 5, 2008 7:34 pm
VOC now commonly occur on "inland" paddocks at a number of SI coastal areas - ie; a few kms inland from Motueka; on paddocks slightly inland from the Ashley,...
Actually these do seem to be a bit like shags to me, maybe Blacks, and I think there is little in the description to contradict this. The size "slightly larger...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Mar 5, 2008 8:56 pm
Hi Andrew, Are you able to distinguish hybrid Sipo/Voc from smudgy Voc apart from colour banding? Rob _____ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com...
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Trevor Worthy
twmoa@...
Mar 5, 2008 9:21 pm
What about juvenile SBBGs Trevor H. Worthy, 71 Thomas Street, Unley 5061, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Phone (0061) 8 82725382 ... From:...
I live in Mission Bay Auckland. For the past three weeks our bush and in particular our peach tree has been invaded by a bird that looks remarkably like a Tui....
Seems they are Tui. Positive ID from a photo by a member. Just not behaving as our normal resident Tui behave. David David White <white.david51@...>...
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sav@...
Mar 6, 2008 1:57 am
Yep, thanks Todd, Last summer they were there alright, but any this summer? By the way, everyone, its been ages since I have had a moan about the use of stupid...
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Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Mar 6, 2008 2:38 am
And then there are the names that overseas birders bring to our shores (via Clements etc.). We've adopted Kerry-Jayne's Wilson's > A Checklist to the New...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Mar 6, 2008 4:11 am
I just use the names Yellow-headed Mohua Flycatcher, White-headed Mohua Flycatcher and Brown-headed Mohua Flycatcher, (just kidding!!) but what really gets me...
