Hi all, Not sure if thisessage sent from Fiji yesterday got to the network - we don't seem to have it on our system! Anyway here it is again - Pelagic Birding...
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KIWI WILDLIFE TOURS NZ
kwtl@...
Apr 2, 2003 6:05 am
Hi there Tony, Thanks for your email. No, we aren't making a profit on the H Gulf trips! The aim is to cover costs. We're just keen to get people out there...
A big thank you to everyone who replied to my query about Pureoara Forest especially Paul Cuming. I am going to visit next spring and see what photographing...
Hi all, Just about all the Godwits and Knot departed some time over the past 2 weeks since the Manawatu Est Trust "Farewell to the Birds". Remaining today...
One of the more unusual birds to come into Whakatane Bird Rescue this week is a pycroft's petrel. Weight was 135g and it was found in Hillcrest which is...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Apr 6, 2003 10:21 am
Dear all, **** A message from Sheila Petch from Thursday 3rd... At last Alan and I have got someone to listen to us and DOC of Geraldine took Alan out in the...
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Apr 8, 2003 8:24 pm
Hi everyone, Of wider natural history interest - just been talking to Paddy Latham and he told me he had a blue moon butterfly in his garden in Papamoa this...
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p.rhodes
p.rhodes@...
Apr 9, 2003 9:55 am
Hi folks On a beach patrol last Sunday (6th) at Oreti Beach (Sth ent.), Lloyd Esler and myself spotted a Skua flying very fast along the water's edge, it...
I released the petrel this morning from the Dolphin Down Under boat Te Tahi. The bird was released near Whale Island (Moutohora) and flew north. Weight on...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Apr 10, 2003 12:22 pm
Dear all, I missed out a further date from the Orange-fronted Parakeet surveys - there will be a survey in the Poulter Valley from Tues 20/5 to 23 or 24/5...
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Harvey, Annette
a.p.harvey@...
Apr 11, 2003 12:40 am
Don't get too excited - this trip is full ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Apr 14, 2003 3:54 am
Hi all, I have just finished a quick update of the OSNZ website - http://osnz.org.nz <http://osnz.org.nz/> - a new photo on the front page - thanks to Richard...
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Sally Green
sallygreen@...
Apr 15, 2003 3:16 am
Hi all: HOUSE FOR SALE For those of you who are looking to live in Auckland, NZ we have a house for sale on the Manukau Harbour that may appeal - premier...
As moderator of BIRDING-NZ, I thought it appropriate to just remind members of newsgroup etiquette. Messages sent SHOULD NOT: - stray too far from our main...
Three royal spoonbills were roosting on an old tree branch in the middle of Whakatane River today (Saturday) by the yacht club. This area is where a new...
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Apr 19, 2003 4:11 am
Hi everyone There was a single male chestnut-breasted shelduck with paradise shelduck near the wharf at Waimangu thermal reserve this afternoon. Cheers Tim ...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Apr 20, 2003 8:42 am
Gillian Vaughan, 2 young nieces and I headed out the shellbanks at Karaka today. We set out in murky looking weather, which got worse, and despite my optimism...
Judging from the various reports which have appeared on here lately you people have a lot of fun during your autumn with vagrants. My wife and I, both keen...
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
Apr 20, 2003 7:06 pm
Hi everyone We've managed to get a group together for another trip out of Tolaga Bay this Sunday (27th) ... there's one spare place if anyone can get over to...
kia ora had a call from a farmer in the Waimana Valley (near Whakatane) to tell me that the kahikatea fruiting was attracting large numbers of birds,...
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K&M Bakker
k_bakker@...
Apr 21, 2003 2:52 am
On Saturday there were two white herons at the Otipua Wetland just South of Timaru. Also three spoonbills. Canada geese have returned here in force: more than...
kia ora hope this is not considered spam but members might be interested in this http://www.birdforum.net/forums/showthread.php?s=1e0dfd452708d9674f91d ...
The recent rain and cooler weather over recent weeks has brought noticeable influxes of winter birds into CHCH. Bellbirds, Fantails, Silvereyes and Grey...
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s&j
nicholson@...
Apr 26, 2003 6:24 am
From Ralph Powlesland today (unusual for Wgtn) : "A couple of locals at Makara reported a White Heron has been there over the last few days, and fairly...
In a recent addition of the London Times there was an article about an Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, that was re-caught by ornithologists. When it was...
It seems that the Norwegian newspaper that I read the article in had got the birds name wrong. In fact the it should have read Manx Shearwater. For more ...
... Hi All, Not sure if you are aware but next weekend is the Great Global Bird Count (please see http://www.birdforum.net ....you might have to subscribe to...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
Apr 27, 2003 9:12 am
I have just been advised of the results of a trip to Big Sand island in The Kaipara harbour on Easter Saturday by Gwenda Pulham, Ian Southey, and Ken Bond. The...
According to Heather and Robertson, Grandma, a Royal Albatross died 51½ years after being banded and was probably over 61 years old. Based on some figures...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
Apr 27, 2003 10:36 am
Took a trip to Waikanae (from Auckland) over the weekend and managed to spot 12 blue ducks on the way down - 1 from the bridge on the Whakapapaiti, a pair (1...
