Happy New Year all, I have received reports of a possible Little Egret and a Reef Heron at Waikawa Beach, just south of Levin, on 30 Dec. Both birds flew...
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Peter Milburn
peter.milburn@...
Jan 2, 2003 12:37 am
Pelagic Birders the following are the dates for the core SOSSA Pelagic Trips that depart from Wollongong NSW on the 4th Saturday of the month in 2003. These...
Hi all, I went to Waikawa this morning to look for the possible Little Egret and Reef Heron. No sign of the Reef Heron, but the white bird turns out to be an...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Jan 3, 2003 2:00 am
Hi all - a happy new year, and good birds for 2003! Here in Canterbury things are dry. I spent new year's day at Lake Ellesmere in brilliant conditions fanned...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Jan 3, 2003 4:07 am
Tony Habraken has reported to me that he found a Mongolian Dotterel at The Clarks Bay shellbanks on the South shore of the Manukau Harbour yesterday. These...
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Mel Galbraith
melgar@...
Jan 4, 2003 8:23 am
It would be helpful if ALL contributions the the Birding-NZ network include a subject phrase that gives a rough idea of the contents of the email. Mel...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Jan 4, 2003 8:39 am
Over New Year I spent a few days on family business at Kaikohe. My only birding was a couple of brief looks at Lake Omapere. Nothing unusual, but I was...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Jan 4, 2003 8:39 am
Today Gillian Vaughan and I had one of those days that wader watchers dream about, that is unless you live in Christchurch. We went to the Karaka Shellbanks on...
kia ora Driving back from Whakatane this afternoon I saw another dead morepork on the side of the road. Thinking back, I would say I have seen at least 10...
Hi All Just wondered if anyone has any images of NZ birds that I can use on my Australasian Bird Image Database? (see http://www.aviceda.org/ausbird) Look...
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John Simmons
johnsimmons@...
Jan 8, 2003 8:32 pm
Hi to all, Recent postings from Auckland members could easily lead one to believe that all the best birds hang out in South Manukau harbour....
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Jan 9, 2003 9:23 am
... in the heat of the battle between Manukau and South Kaipara as North Island's premier wader site this year - I would just like to say we now have two...
Is there anyone subscribing to this list that does bird-watching, surveys etc in the area of the Russell peninsula, Bay of Islands? Jacqui Knight ... From:...
As a south islander (indeed a half Canatabrian and half Nelsonian) and therefore happy with my own "patch" may I just add this little piece to the nominations...
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Richard Schofield
richard@...
Jan 10, 2003 1:27 am
Hi According to the Australian & NZ field guides that I have seen, Coots have a white bill and shield. In European guides, where there is more than one species...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 10, 2003 7:22 pm
We headed west to the Kaipara this afternoon on a shocking Auckland day - Friday 10th Jan. Over there at Jordon Road, warm, clear breaks for a wee while, about...
Hi folks, I'm in the final stages of compiling a checklist of wild bird species recorded in the CHCH?Lyttelton Hbr area since the 1840's and have lately been...
... From: Vicki & Steve Wood To: Brent Stephenson Cc: Brent Stephenson Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:26 PM Subject: Fw: Lake Grassmere/Kaikoura pelagic. ...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
Jan 12, 2003 7:46 pm
G'day all Following my visit to a parched lake edge on new year's day with not a lot, then a subsequent report of a Sanderling (from Andrew Crossland, which...
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Brent Stephenson
b.m.stephenson@...
Jan 14, 2003 12:17 am
Hi all, Well just got back from a great trip around the South Island, mostly the West Coast, over the last 10 days or so. Fantastic weather in most places,...
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Brent Stephenson
b.m.stephenson@...
Jan 14, 2003 1:29 am
Hi all, Forgot to mention that I called in at Grassmere and the RN phalarope was still in the same place. Quite a strong wind and the only other birds were a...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Jan 14, 2003 7:54 pm
17of us set sail about 10.00AM from Ti-Point and headed out in to the Hauraki Gulf for a seabird day! Seabirds have been coming in very close to shore due to...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Jan 15, 2003 8:30 am
Just a quick note to advise that a team banded 145 Black Bill Gull chicks at Thames on Sunday. These are banded ym--, so keep your eyes out in the coming...
Since several of you repsonded to my RFI last year, I'm posting below the first part of a report on our trip to both islands of New Zealand. Saturday 9th...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Jan 15, 2003 6:09 pm
From a great birding week in Southland a couple of summers ago, I can confirm there are "heaps" of Redpolls down there! Stuart Nicholson ... From: D & L LAWRIE...
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Brent Stephenson
b.m.stephenson@...
Jan 15, 2003 8:57 pm
Yes, I too noticed the familiar call of redpoll almost the entire length of the West Coast (not quite Southland, but....). There weren't many spots you could...
Saturday 16th November This was our one opportunity to go to Milford Sound so we headed up the Eglinton Valley, making a few stops en route. At Mirror Lakes we...
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Mark Brazil
mabrazil@...
Jan 17, 2003 12:24 am
Dear Birding NZ list members, I am going to be driving from Wanaka to Haast and then to the glaciers with a group of students on 18-20 February, wondering if...
