Hi Folks, according to urban legend and to Falla, Sibson and Turbott (FG) Moreporks disappeared from the CHCH area in the 1930's. Other writers have put it at...
From the latest info it seems that a Cattle Egret that has been discoloured by a dye or chemicals of some sort can probably be discounted. It sounds as though...
Hi All, Garry from Oceanwings has just rung me saying that the oceanwings office has had a report that somebody else has re-sighted the chinstrap penguin today...
Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (true story apparently) Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of...
Hi All, I spoke to Brent last night and he didn't have any luck with the penguin (although apparently a non-birder saw it 2 weeks ago). However, he did see the...
Hi all, Headed down to Kaikoura Monday morning, crossed on the 8am ferry, not much to see bar good numbers of fairy prions and fluttering shearwaters. Two...
Hi all, Further to the report of possible Chestnut Teal breeding near Wanganui mid last month, Brent and I returned to the site this afternoon because the...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Dec 4, 2002 8:33 am
Just had a report of the Black Kite seen at the Mercer site on the 17th. I have kept half an eye out and not seen it myself. I thought that perhaps it had gone...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Dec 4, 2002 10:30 am
Dear all, Jackie Stevenson, who rehabilitates injured birds for the Animal and Bird Hospital in Christchurch has contacted me for an appeal for information on...
Comments on nomenclature from one of my recent visitors. "I must say however that when I got home & went to enter the names into the "official world...
Hi folks: I'd say this is pretty arrogant. I especially cringed at the comment "Assuming the Latin name in the Hand Guide to Birds of NZ by Robertson & ...
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Brent Stephenson
b.m.stephenson@...
Dec 5, 2002 4:43 am
Howdy, I would agree somewhat with what Ross has to say. To suggest that we should be calling NZ dotterel, red-breasted dotterel is simply outrageous. Sounds...
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Richard Schofield
richard@...
Dec 5, 2002 5:55 am
Hi Unfortunately the Inchclutha egret seems to have departed, so no chance of any video footage. Bare parts colours were as follows. The bill appeared...
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Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Dec 5, 2002 9:53 am
It would make it so much simpler for who? "The official world list" should be changed in regard to NZ endemic birds. NZ Dotterel is NZ Dotterel Grey Warbler is...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Dec 5, 2002 7:25 pm
Kia Ora all You didn't mention, Narena, where your visitor was from. He/she wasn't by any chance American? In which case, by "rest of the world", I presume...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Dec 5, 2002 7:35 pm
G'day all I gave this a little more thought, based on the suggestions of a reef heron/cattle egret hybrid, and on apparent intermediate morphology. That seems...
There is a saying "When in Rome do as the Romans do"! Rosemary Tully (Whakatane Bird Rescue) 99, Otarawairere Road Whakatane, 3080 New Zealand Phone:...
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Hugo Phillipps
h.phillipps@...
Dec 6, 2002 12:53 am
Hi everybody - For your information, the list of contents of the latest EMU. Cheers, Hugo ... EMU Contents Volume 102 Number 4 2002 Non-breeding...
HI folks, Not getting into cultural imperialism or anything like that - but some of these names given below (Pied Cormorant, Double-banded Plover) are widely...
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Roger Radd
kiwi@...
Dec 6, 2002 4:11 am
As an ex-pat watching all this from afar, some of the pique does strike me as a bit insecure. All the bristling overlooks the fairly natural human trait of...
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Paul Cuming
birdo@...
Dec 6, 2002 7:50 am
I'd suggest just looking at the birds and enjoying them, and not bothering about the names. People spell my name wrong all the time - I don't care. As long as...
kia ora The culprits were a very pleasant Canadian couple who had been bird watching in Australian and NZ for two months. I would not have taken them to be...
Has anyone asked the birds what they wish to be called? Seriously though, I thought Andrew Crossland's comment: Why not stick to scientific names and keep...
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Dec 7, 2002 1:17 am
Hi Very wet and windy morning at Maketu but some good birds about ... 1200 barwits 130 knot (1 orange flag) 3 turnstone 5 nz dotts 2 banded dotts 1...
Hi folks, nothing startling, but some new birds filtering in, viz, Bar-tailed Godwit - c 400, one orange flag Red Knot - hard to count as the flock kept...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Dec 7, 2002 9:42 am
Dear Birders-NZ, When one looks in to the scientific names there is also change and debate, often to do with taxonomic issues. I certainly think this is where...
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Keith Woodley
shorebird@...
Dec 8, 2002 6:24 am
Among the usual waders currently at Miranda: 28+ turnstone 4 sharptailed sandpipers 1 terek sandpiper 1 pectoral sandpiper 1 marsh sandpiper 3 red-necked stint...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Dec 8, 2002 9:54 am
At the Mangere foreshore on or near the shell islands today were; Knot 3000 inc. 8 with orange flags, Godwit 3000 inc. 5 with orange flags and 1 white flag,...
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Brent Stephenson
b.m.stephenson@...
Dec 8, 2002 9:49 pm
Hi all, Received this email over the weekend - can anyone help? Please reply directly to Sally - email address below. ... I am currently researching the work...
