One oystercatcher heard calling as it flew over Dovedale at 0210h this morning (2 Feb). Cheers David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
Feb 2, 2009 2:21 am
Available on the web now: http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sfc289entire.p df Cheers Rob [Non-text portions of this message have...
Beaware you actually need the .pdf at the end to be included to be able to access the document. Damn those line breaks Rob! ... From: Rob Schuckard To:...
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sheila petch
birdo@...
Feb 2, 2009 3:23 am
Tony Crocker and I, visited Yarrs, no sign of Chestnut breasteds. 32 Spoonbills fighting with gulls for food. havn't seen that before. Embankment produced 3...
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David
lawrie@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:20 am
Sav, Or else one of the few areas where someone can recognise a Common Tern!!! I must confess that I do not know what to look for. David Lawrie ... From: Sav...
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Phil Hammond
philxhammond@...
Feb 2, 2009 8:35 am
hi all  for the kaipara census gwen pulham and i were sent to "jordans farm" and the birds listed above were seen along with the thousands we were actually...
Hi, John Woods and I went to the bombing range at Papakanui for the Kaipara census, and in addition to the usual suspects found a sanderling in the company...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Feb 2, 2009 9:32 am
What a great article for the forthcoming NZ Bird Report! David ... From: "David" <lawrie@...> To: <sav@...>; <BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com> ...
Sub-alpine magpies. I have heard two reports of magpies being seen in the sub-alpine zone during January. Ralph Powlesland recorded them on the St Arnaud...
Just wondering if anyone has seen or heard bitterns in the last few weeks in Canterbury. Thanks Peter Peter Langlands Outdoor/ environmental writing and...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Feb 5, 2009 4:28 am
Hi all, We did a couple of trips out of Kaikoura ahead of the SW front on 1 Feb. Some good birds as usual with more Wandering than Royal albs.when less than 10...
Beginning next Wednesday, a team of 20 volunteers intend to catch up to 40 rifleman on Little Barrier Island and translocate them to Tiritiri Matangi Island....
Hi, I have just returned from a tour through Molesworth and Rainbow stations where I saw magpies near Lake Tennyson (3000 feet plus) and Royal Spoonbills in a...
Hi all we have just returned from a three week holiday in New Zealand - North, South, Stewart, Ulva and Tiri Tiri Matangi Islands. We had a fabulous time and...
From BirdLife International: SIPO; Taxonomic note Haematopus ostralegus and H. finschi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993), cross-regional species, are retained as...
According to HANZAB vol 7 p1345, Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll. Subspecies "cabaret" ... birds probably of this subspecies introduced to NI and SI,...
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quattrocchi
quattrocchi@...
Feb 7, 2009 2:09 am
We went on a few day's trip to the Coromandel earlier this week. Feb 1 - 3, Homestay at Purangi Gardens, notably we saw: VOCs, 4-5 white-faced herons, one or...
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Kathy Forsyth
forsythkd@...
Feb 7, 2009 7:33 am
Hi all Just back from Ashburton River Mouth where I birded from 6:30pm to 7:40pm, birds recorded: Great Cormorant 2 Little Pied Shag 2 Spotted Shag 600 ...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Feb 7, 2009 8:06 am
Hi all, A couple of British clients have just reported a possible NANKEEN KESTREL near the southern end of 90 mile beach. Seen around 3 Jan. No exact site...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Feb 7, 2009 8:11 am
Hi all, Great day out in Hawkes Bay today with sunny skies and warm weather. Three falcon and a pair of kokako at Boundary Stream were highlights. Also four...
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David
lawrie@...
Feb 7, 2009 8:14 am
There is a Hudsonian Godwit which is seen, depending on the height of the tides, in Conifer Grove, Takanini, just south of Auckland. For those that want to see...
I spent the day on the north end of Kapiti Island, first time I've been to north part of the island. No rarities, but the area has plenty of bird life. Red...
does anyone know anything about the apparent increase in krill fishing in the Antarctic and its obvious impact on wildlife there? There seems to be no...
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Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Feb 7, 2009 11:44 pm
Hi David, Thanks for the info. Found the spot and the Hudsonian Godwit easily at high tide this morning, about 10am. We got good views and pix until someone...
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Suzi Phillips
suzi@...
Feb 8, 2009 3:02 am
PS I was so excited to see the Hudsonian, I forgot that of course, the band was on a BTGodwit with a transmitter, not on the Hudsonian ! ... From: David To:...
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Wendy Hare & Nigel Mi...
whare@...
Feb 8, 2009 5:18 am
HI Jason Been away so only just caught up on yr query er:Stewart is. I see you have ample replies on lots of great things to do but had to put in my 2 pennies...
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John Owen
jlowen@...
Feb 8, 2009 5:21 am
A trip to Pureora was gradually rewarding, but hardly necessitated the early morning. Together with our Brazilian exchange student, we began her education of...
I spent the morning at Foxton estuary and had a good look for the Common Tern reported by Sav. A bus-load of birders arrived from up-country, and there were...
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Kathy Forsyth
forsythkd@...
Feb 8, 2009 7:00 am
Hi all With the hot conditions I took the family to Lake Hood for a refreshing swim. Interestingly with all the boating activities about 70 NZ Scaup are still...
Hi Everyone, I am a keen photographer but I'm finding it a bit lonely to always go out on my own, and of course the safety apect is always on my mind. I'm...
