Just a short note re some bird sightings associated with the conference and on journeys in the area during and after. Thanks to the organisers for putting...
Nick Allen
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Jun 1, 2009 10:53 am
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Hi all I have uploaded some more shots from the all day pelagic here in Kaikoura (30th May). Shots were kindly submitted by Peter Langlands and Duncan Watson. ...
Hello all, I had been very busy till date but now I am back along with my blog "Indian Birder" and I have posted new and interesting observations and articles...
Hey Nick, The BF Dotts weren't there on Monday afternoon, though I'm sure we were at the same gravel dot. Saw some dabchicks though. I would like to endorse...
Jan Walker
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Jun 2, 2009 5:42 am
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Hi too would like to congratulate Mel and his OSNZ Auckland team for arranging a great conference at Orewa; thoroughly enjoyable and great company & excellent...
Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Jun 2, 2009 6:02 am
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Alex has already posted about the all day Kaikoura pelagic on Saturday - I did get some good photos despite being seasick almost the entire time. I'm told...
Hi all- the giant bittern jigsaw puzzle is coming along well. Just trying to fill some gaps now. I have few records from the upper Tairei Oxbows, despite...
We spent the weekend in Wellington and 'enjoyed' the southerly. The sea was spectacular. At Halswell Point we saw 2 Cape Pigeons bobbing in the water with a...
Kathy & Alex Scott
alkscott@...
Jun 2, 2009 11:53 pm
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Is anybody out there knowledgeable on the identification of South Georgian Diving Petrels? I've got a series of pics of a bird in the hand (now deceased and...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jun 3, 2009 8:49 pm
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Hi Andrew I can ID the bird for you. I have handled over 100 of the SGDP taxa on Codfish, so am now familiar with them. For the record both common diving...
Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Jun 3, 2009 10:17 pm
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Maybe someone can help Rex with photos? David ... From: Rex De Silva To: Oriental Birding Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:19 PM Subject: [OB] Images of Petrels I...
David Melville
david.melville@...
Jun 5, 2009 11:19 am
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Hullo all Yes - I agree with Ian. It was an excellent conference - good company and plenty of laughs. It was quite a change from some I have been to in the...
Awarua Waders: I counted the south side of Awarua Bay today as part of the OSNZ Winter Wader Count. Tally was: 82 Southern NZ dotterel 29 B-t godwit - none...
Wynston & /or Lorrain...
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Jun 7, 2009 7:44 am
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Waikanae Estuary late afternoon today: 2 Juvenile Black Fronted Tern resting on the beach, then flew off to do some fishing in the ocean 6 Banded Dotterel -- ...
Hi all- My impression is that black fronted terns may feed some distance offshore, especially in areas where there are up-wellings. Recently while on a fishing...
there was a b.f. tern in full b p at the end of roys road weymouth at 1 pm today---out on the platform with a dozen or so wf regards phil [Non-text portions of...
Phil Hammond
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Jun 8, 2009 5:32 am
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Hi Peter This is something I've looked into before. Talking to Brent Stephenson and Paul Sagar, they both had personal sightings or knew of records of BFTs...
Michael Szabo
millsszabo@...
Jun 8, 2009 7:23 am
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Hi Peter,  In my experience black-fronted terns are seen offshore (during non-breeding months) in places you’d expect to find white-fronted terns. I've...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jun 8, 2009 11:03 am
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Hi all, After shooting (in the photographic sense) in the South Island for nearly two years, I'm finally hoping to take a brief foray up to the North Island,...
Hi Folks, Good to catch up with people at the conference. On Sunday I went out to Tiritiri to spend a week as a volunteer. Great to see the birds there, though...
Hi again, On my way back south from Tirirtiri I stopped off at Observers office at MFish, Wellington. Was chatting about bird kills by fishing boats when a...
Glad you enjoyed your week Chris. Pity you missed out on kiwi. Magpies have actually been more common this year than most. Typically, one pair breed and the...
Chris You are not the first person to notice exotic birds suffering when natives do well. Little Barrier has a similar dearth of exotics, also there are...
I've made a similar observation in places where our own birds are plentiful - Whakapapa, Ulva, Catlins - places where I've said it's great to hear hardly a...
Lawton
elawton@...
Jun 10, 2009 1:43 am
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This is what one would expect wherever habitat approximates pre-human conditions. Its reasonable to assume that over the millennia a great variety of castaways...
Roger Radd
kiwi@...
Jun 10, 2009 1:48 am
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Hi guys, I'm sure there are a few of you out there who can help me on this one? In CHCH we're looking at opening up access for pedestrians and possibly ...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jun 10, 2009 4:23 am
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A magpie giving a Caspian tern a hurry up isn't all that odd, unless like today, the caspian tern was flying at roof-top level over traffic along Lincoln Road...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jun 10, 2009 5:31 am
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Hi all,  The subject of introduced birds (exotics) is a recurring theme in these postings – thought I’d share the following which I came across this...
Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Jun 10, 2009 7:31 am
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Hi Chris, I’ve no experience with terns killed during cultivation but Redbill gulls become rather blasé around the fast moving machinery as they pick off ...
Kevin Matthews
kble@...
Jun 10, 2009 7:46 am
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Further to discussion on bird communities on Tiritiri Matangi and Little Barrier Islands, I have recently been crunching 5-minute bird counts from Kapiti...
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