Hi Kevin This topic has been kicked around in DOC circles a bit in the past. My response was that the amount of chum being put out by seabirding enthusiasts...
Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Jul 1, 2008 11:30 am
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Some might be interested in the following from Peru Great Pelagic with new record for the Callao Pelagics - Chatham Island Albatross June 29, 2008. Weather:...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jul 1, 2008 5:52 pm
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And this from South Africa - for those who are interested. Interesting sighting indeed! Just the day before that (28 June), South Africa's 4th ever Chatham...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jul 1, 2008 7:19 pm
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"At least with the chumming being done by seabird people, we gain some information about the distribution and seasonality of seabirds". Yessir, amen to that! ...
Hi all Just to let you know that we spotted a Light-mantled sooty albatross (the second ever seen on our tours) about 6miles offshore at Kaikoura, yesterday...
A bizarre coincidence of current affairs and Birding- NZ: On last nights news the Minister in charge of the Defence Force said: "I have no knowledge of the...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Jul 2, 2008 1:58 am
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The link below needs the .htm removed from the end, i.e. http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Press/Squid+Fishery Neil. _____ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com...
I have received a report of a beach wrecked Fairy Prion, with grey underparts including the neck. Is this a specific island characteristic or just a single...
David
lawrie@...
Jul 2, 2008 6:32 am
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Three days ago (June 30th) I was out yellow-eyed penguin watching at Victory Beach on the Otago Peninsula when a dark jaeger flew past, close to shore and...
Hi David The nearest I have seen to this was a little shearwater that had been exposed to oil on a ship. The feathers were uniformly blackish all over making a...
Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Jul 2, 2008 10:25 am
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Hi all Just to clarify the statement by Sco below about the DOC minimum impact code on chumming. This excerpt below is from the Subantarctic Islands minimum...
Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Jul 2, 2008 10:56 am
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I was curious about just how the government could prevent chumming in the Auckland Islands Marine Reserve so I went to the legislation. It turns out chumming...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Jul 2, 2008 8:57 pm
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Just to clarify Paul's point re impact on chumming in Kaikoura due to a proposed marine reserve. There is no Kaikoura marine reserve proposal that would impact...
David et al It is quite common for both sub-Antarctic Fairy and especially Fulmar Prion's to have considerable amounts of light blue wash on the vent flanks...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Jul 2, 2008 10:03 pm
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Hi all, It’s worth noting that shearwaters, storm petrels, prions, the various petrels and albatrosses use smell to varying degrees to home in on potential...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jul 3, 2008 8:47 pm
6688
Recent reports of sightings of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos suggest a possible increase in numbers north-west of Auckland. For a long time (5 -10 years ?) there...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jul 4, 2008 12:58 am
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We lived until 4 years ago in that area, infact Hinau Road in Waimauku and had a regular flock of 7-8 SCC's coming onto our land which included around 5 acres...
Georgina Owen
jlowen@...
Jul 4, 2008 4:13 am
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Hi Suzi, Â Â Â Â Â just incase it helps your plotting I have seen the Cockatoo's several times from a Forest & bird reserve above the road to Bethell's beach,...
Hi all, Here's something to while-a-way a bit of time on these cold, wet or snowy days, this from a friend in Oregon. "We just tagged more sooty shearwaters up...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jul 5, 2008 12:10 am
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Chris Bindon and I were at Shelly Beach on the Kaipara Harbour this morning and encountered 61 Royal Spoonbills roosting on "the rock" just south of the main...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jul 5, 2008 2:11 am
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I work in a vineyard in Waipara, N. Canty. It provides me with endless delights for foraging birds, all introduced, bar the silvereye. At the moment flocks...
Sulphur-crested (white) cockatoos are named as a potential bird pest (along with rooks & magpies) in the draft Greater Wellington Proposed Pest Management...
Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Jul 6, 2008 3:38 am
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Hi Martin, I was talking to a guy from Waitakere settlement today and he says the SCC are still around there regularly and number about 20. He thought they...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jul 6, 2008 4:33 am
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On our way to Miranda today Gillian Vaughan and I saw 16 Galahs beside the road near Mangatangi. They were in an old maize paddock on the left just between the...
While in Christchurch Botanic Gardens this afternoon I sighted through the corner of my eye a brown bird with very angled wings flying just above ground level....
Hi there, Can any Ak birders pinpoint the location of the Ada Platts Scenic Reserve at Maraetai please? Kaka resident there and trying to locate sighting...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Jul 6, 2008 9:48 am
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I'm back at Taharoa for most of the next 2 months watching for migrating waders again and there will also be another team out between Raglan and Port Waikato...
A PhD student at VUW graduated recently after studying SCCs' diet and behaviour in NZ - I only know because I was at the ceremony - but I can't find anything...
Ruth & Andy Falshaw
arfalshaw@...
Jul 6, 2008 10:42 am
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I spent a few hours birding around south Dunedin today and here are the highlights: The Eurasian Coot raft on Lake Waihola is now a healthy 196 birds. That's...
Hi there, I'm gathering Kaka sightings from the Auckland Region, from the public and any interested birders. (So far they've also come from as far south as...
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