Hi all, Wednesday afternoon after work I headed up to Shakespear Park on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula (Auckland), with my camera to see how the Pied Stilts were...
Gavin Very well done. I have looked for Spotless Crake right there for some years now and to no avail. I will head that way soon armed with my tape - if I can...
Hi all, My first visit to the Manawatu Estuary for ages and a whole heap of godwits have come back. From a handful over winter there are now about 170...
Sav Saville
binzsav@...
Oct 2, 2008 2:09 am
7061
Hi all, My first visit to the Manawatu Estuary for ages and a whole heap of godwits have come back. From a handful over winter there are now about 170...
Sav Saville
binzsav@...
Oct 2, 2008 2:10 am
7062
An update on the results of the Shining Cuckoo eBird arrival date survey can be found at: ...
Paul Scofield
pscofield@...
Oct 2, 2008 11:03 pm
7063
My first cuckoo was heard in Parnell this morning (3rd October) at 0745 hrs. Thanks Bill Abbott,_._,___ [Non-text portions of this message have been...
On the road again. Managed a quick visit to the roost at Wairau Lagoon on 2/10 gave 141 Godwits and a Knot, no bands or flags seen but I did not get very...
On 21-24 March 2008 there were no House Sparrows around the light house/keepers' houses on Farewell Spit - the first time that I have ever noticed this. On 1-3...
David Melville
david.melville@...
Oct 4, 2008 8:15 am
7067
Shining cuckoo heard in Harley Road, Tasman, 4 Oct, approx 1.30pm. Gillian [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
gillian.pollock
gillian.pollock@...
Oct 4, 2008 9:52 am
7068
Hi all, The Arctic Tern which Ian Southey reported at Kaikoura was seen yesterday afternoon by Steve Wood, though he says there are no terns at all there this ...
Sav Saville
binzsav@...
Oct 4, 2008 8:43 pm
7069
Apologies for late posting folks. Friday 3 October, Kaitorete Spit flats & pools, up to 5:30pm Red-necked Stint - up to 9 (possibly 10) Curlew Sandpiper - 2 ...
Shining cuckoo heard in Stoneham Walk, Ruruanga Stream, Kawerau, on Friday, 3 October 2008. John Brierley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
John Brierley
rockwren15@...
Oct 5, 2008 5:24 am
7071
Hi all, After finishing up some school work I popped up to Christchurch for some birding and then back to Dunedin for my last week of lectures! On the drive up...
Dear all, Willie Cook David Melville and Rob Schuckard visited Farewell Spit from 1 to 3 October 2008. About 80 % of the February 2008 numbers of godwits have ...
Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Oct 5, 2008 8:45 pm
7073
Hi A bit of an update on activities this past weekend. The Godwit Welcome at Ohiwa was attended by 20+ people who had good sightings of about 750 godwits - a...
Jacqui Hughes
jacquihughes@...
Oct 5, 2008 10:10 pm
7074
Colin Hill and I went to Embankment and Jarvis Roads 3 pm onwards yesterday Embankment: 2 Red Knot (with godwits) 62 Pied Oystercatcher 81 Bar-tailed Godwit 44...
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Oct 5, 2008 11:35 pm
7075
Went to Kawakawa bay yesterday and on the shore were 43 Godwits , 15 SIPO and 1 NZ dotterel and 2 Caspian terns. On the other side of the road on a small farm...
Hi all, For those interested in seabirds, in particular the comings and goings of little black and white storm petrels, NZSPs have been sighted recently (4 ...
Kiwi Wildlife
kwtl@...
Oct 6, 2008 5:45 am
7077
Hi Linden Great news re. the falcon and it was nice to hear about your trip. I suggest you write a short note for the Birding Newsgroup (just email to ...
Apologies for that last message. I had not intended copying this to the newsgroup. Cheers Simon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
This morning at 8.00am we saw a falcon fly over our property in Point View Drive, East Tamaki Heights, heading south east, over the upper Mangemangeroa Valley....
MG & LM Johnson
mglmj@...
Oct 9, 2008 12:48 am
7080
Heard loud and clear, with both parts of its song, this morning in Eastbourne, Wellington, my first for the year. Andy [Non-text portions of this message have...
Andy Falshaw
arfalshaw@...
Oct 9, 2008 2:33 am
7081
Hi All Thanks to one of our keener 'falcon' respondents - I have just listened to a very interesting programme called Early Bird on the National Radio where...
If you're visiting Auckland and want a good birding experience without leaving the mainland, don't forget Tawharanui Regional Park, (an hour or so north of...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Oct 10, 2008 6:13 am
7084
A sad end to a rarely seen bird - a very squashed flat Australasian Bittern on Inland Road near the Kaukapakapa end - photographed today, but been there about...
Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Oct 10, 2008 6:47 am
7085
Just back from Oz where I heard a lot of Shining Bronze Cuckoo in the Brisbane region but never heard the descending notes. The Australian residents and the...
Hi all Birded the Lake Tekapo shoreline/marshes for 2 hours this morning and recorded Black Swan 2 pairs Paradise Shelduck 8-10 pairs Mallard - 100 NZ Scaup...
Kathy Forsyth
forsythkd@...
Oct 11, 2008 3:25 am
7087
Steve,Colin,Jan and myself, on a lovely warm windless Saturday,visited Kaitorette Spit. On the way a pipit was sighted, At the Spit, 90 Wrybill, 10...
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