John has seen and photographed Shore Plovers at Green Point before, so knows what he is looking at. As far as I know this is the first sighting of SPs there...
Andy and Ruth Falshaw
arfalshaw@...
Jun 2, 2008 8:38 am
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Quick stop-over at Foxton Estuary today (Monday 2 June) on my way back to Wellington from up north. Mid-afternoon, tide was right out. Lots of ducks in the...
Hi folks, Recent falcon sightings in CHCH environs.... I saw one yesterday flying NW to SW over Springs road (Hornby-Wigram), then continuing over industrial...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jun 2, 2008 8:45 pm
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Hi everyone, For those interested, here is a brief report on bird sightings from the OSNZ AGM in Kaikoura. I appologize for missing anything. These sightings...
24th May 2008, SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Report prepared by: P.J. Milburn. Departed: 07:15 returned at 15:30. Sea conditions: S 1.0 to...
Peter Milburn
peter.milburn@...
Jun 3, 2008 5:12 am
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Hi, After the OSNZ AGM I ended up in Rangiora and then caught the train this morning (Tuesday) back to Picton to catch the Ferry. Just south of Kaikoura (5-10...
Ruth & Peter Reese
ruth.peterr@...
Jun 3, 2008 8:17 am
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The OSNZ rare birds committee has received 2 records from overseas observers (with photographs) of what looks to many like a white-bellied sea-eagle in the...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Jun 3, 2008 11:32 pm
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Other notable sightings from the weekend was from Janie and Kevin Vaughan of the Black Kite at Blenheim on Friday morning, and also Cirl Buntings at Lake ...
David
lawrie@...
Jun 4, 2008 9:53 am
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Hi everyone, A friend and I will be driving up to Cape Reinga and back soon (June 12th- July2nd). We'll be heading from Wellington up the west coast to...
Once last thing! I hope to search for those Barn Owls on June 23rd and would love it if anyone wanted to come along! Russell [Non-text portions of this message...
A visit to Green Point, west of Porirua on Tuesday 3rd June revealed a minor invasion of 10 shore plovers from nearby Mana Island - they were definitely to...
Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Jun 5, 2008 4:53 am
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Highlights from Sat 31st.May. Bright/sunny. cold 25knt North Easterly. 11.00 -14.00 hrs. Black F.Dotterel 1 Banded Dotterel 40+ Turnstone...
If anyone is in the Mahurangi area, keep an eye out for a curlew type bird. I've had a report of a wader seen at Pukapuka Road (which is off Mahurangi West...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jun 7, 2008 4:12 am
6593
Crimson Rosellas haven't been seen at Wgtn bot gardens for a long time. Stuart ... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On ...
Stuart & Jane Nicholson
nicholson@...
Jun 8, 2008 5:38 am
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For the record, Eastern Rosellas are still fairly common around Dunedin. I've seen them several times in the botanical gardens as well as several other...
While in Whangarei around midday today, I stopped in to do a check at the Limeburners Creek Wetlands in Kioreroa Rd. To my pleasant surprise, there were two...
Hi all Just to let you know, Gary Melville has written up his experiences of the Queens Birthday weekend (when the good people of the OSNZ decended upon...
I am one of these incredibly lucky people to have actually seen a Bristle Thigh Curlew on its breeding grounds out of Nome, Alaska. It looks identical to a...
a team went to big sand island as part of the kaipara census on saturday apart from the usual birds, highlights were; at the...
Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Jun 9, 2008 9:07 am
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For all the twitchers among our NZ birders, here's a challenge ! South Africa is to host the first ever Birding World Cup. Teams will arrive from all over the...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jun 9, 2008 9:53 am
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Ha! this is even bigger than South Africa cheating at rugby (by making the tests that count at high altitude locations where their players are acclimitised and...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jun 9, 2008 8:06 pm
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Interested to hear in the lastest Birds Australia magazine that "our" Canada Geese are getting to southern NSW and that they are recognised there as vermin and...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Jun 9, 2008 10:59 pm
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Hi all, I've just had a report of a Black-fronted Tern at the Manawatu estuary, yesterday. Not a mega rarity here but only about a handful of records each ...
Sav Saville
sav@...
Jun 10, 2008 8:29 am
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Hi All, On way home from Airport Wader Census 9/6/08 I swung by Island Road (Mangere), found the nine Black-fronted Dotterels reported by Nola Dyson a week or...
John Simmons
johnsimmons@...
Jun 10, 2008 7:17 pm
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If anyone would like 4 days / 3 nights on Tiritiri Matangi Island, we are looking for some additional volunteers to help with a kiwi call survey from Sunday22...
Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone was able to tell me where the NZ dotterel breed on Stewart Island? I was reading that they nest in the subalpine zone...
hi everybody, for those who are free to visit these towns at these times, the six kakapo chicks that were being hand-raised in Nelson are being returned to...
Hi folks 1 White heron at Srtyx Mill Basin pondfs 1 juv Crested Grebe at Styx Rivermouth/Brooklands lagoon. AC ...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jun 11, 2008 8:33 pm
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Hello, does anyone have copies of either of these publications they would be willing to part with (or know where I might find them)? I'd be keen to purchase...
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