Hi all, The expected influx of waterfowl looking for safe haven occurred this morning, with 500+ Grey Teal, similar numbers of Mallard, 100+ Black Swan and 80+...
Hi folks, There are 2 remaining places available for the planned Wanganui Pelagic on Queens Birthday Monday 2 June (to coincide with the OSNZ AGM weekend). The...
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Gillian Vaughan
gillianv@...
May 4, 2003 6:22 am
I've had a couple of trips around a few harbours in the last week or so, Ohiwa Harbour 26/04/03 Went with Nigel Milius and Ian Southey - highlights were 1...
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Bev and Bryan Woolley
bwoolley@...
May 4, 2003 10:26 pm
Hi All, Ohiwa Harbour is a great place for birds as many of you know. Bryan and Ispent time there recently, and can heartily recommend Bill Plunket's boat ...
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
May 4, 2003 11:09 pm
Hi all I put in a brief appearance at our local wader spot on Sunday before the southerly came through. The Ashley, just north of Chch, has an impressive list...
Hi All, Just a quick message to inform that I've renovated our website, we now have image galleries of Parrots, Pigeons, Herons, Raptors, Cuckoos, Reptiles and...
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Bev and Bryan Woolley
bwoolley@...
May 5, 2003 3:50 am
The Ohiwa Harbour "white terns" should of course be white-fronted. Thanks Phil, and Hi to Sue too!. You obviously read these things carefully! Cheers, Bev...
Hi everyone, I'm a Belgian birder who's on a business trip to NZ with weekends available for birding. So far I've managed to see about 103 species (83 native)....
75 Royal Spoonbill at Avon-Heathcote Estuary on 5/5/03; 7 at Brookands Lagoon/Kaiapoi Oxidation Ponds on 23/4/03. 1 Glossy Ibis still at Travis Wetland 1...
Does anyone have an answer to this question. I shall certainly be looking closely at shags in future. "I have a question regarding shags. I live at Hakatere at...
Yep, I can help on that one, Sounds like your fisherman has forgotten the 1st golden rule of counting birds - "count the legs and divide by 2. (seems he forgot...
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Rob Schuckard
rschckrd@...
May 9, 2003 8:20 pm
Hi, A few comments about your question about low flying shags. Cormorants and shags belong to "flapping species". Due to their high wing loading (high weight...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
May 9, 2003 9:09 pm
Hi All On the subjects of shags - Chris Lalas who did his PHD on shags at Otago often referred to them as 'flying bricks' for reasons Rob has just pointed out....
Many of the Tattler sightings in New Zealand are not identified to species level, and there have been several this year already (latest by Gillian Vaughan on...
Hi all, Strong westerly winds overnight, so off to the Manawatu coast this morning. I thought for a while that I was back seawatching in UK!! That is, watching...
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Barry Hartley
Barry_Hartley@...
May 12, 2003 6:16 am
The first of the season in Taranaki were seen today at Opunake. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Barnard Family
tim.barnard@...
May 12, 2003 8:07 pm
Hi Checked Maketu for cattle egret at the weekend - couldn't find any yet. Difficult to check waders - too well spread around the estuary. royal spoonbill 23 ...
I very much appreciated the reponse to the question about the shags. Great stuff. Is anyone able to help with this one? "hello, this is daniel reynolds. i am...
Planning is well underway for the Bird Festival September 28-October 5 http://nzbirds.com/BirdFestival.html For those who may be travelling here from overseas,...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
May 14, 2003 5:56 am
Hi all We a few places left for the 24 May Hauraki Gulf trip. Weather permitting, we'll follow much the same route as previously - Ti Point > Cape Rodney >...
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s&j
nicholson@...
May 14, 2003 7:07 am
Read "New Zealand's Extinct Birds" by Gill & Martinson and "the Lost World of the Moa" by Worthy & Holdaway - from your local library Stuart Nicholson ... ...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
May 15, 2003 4:04 am
Hi all, We have recently rewritten and updated our website with details of the strange storm-petrel that was seen during the Whitianga pelagic on 25 January...
kia ora, thought I would share this with you. Re: are there any ornotholigists in the manawatu? Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 08:42:17 +0000 From: "daniel reynolds"...
kia ora this may not pass the censor as it is not strictly birding but maybe someone is able to help. "Tricia Lambert" <tricia_lambert@...> My husband...
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s&j
nicholson@...
May 18, 2003 8:02 am
Dear Narena, Try: HYPERLINK http://folksong.org.nz/tui_kowhai/index.html http://folksong.org.nz/tui_kowhai/index.html Nobody in our household knew it but my...
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D & L LAWRIE
lawrie@...
May 18, 2003 10:24 am
We had the national Wrybill count today, and at Karaka the team was Morag Fordham, Claire and Emma Ryburn and I. There were 437 Wrybill at the roost Also...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
May 20, 2003 11:21 am
Dear all, Follows something sent to me via the North Canterbury Forest and Bird secretary that some of you might be interested in pursuing further... Cheers,...
We are trying to get this film for the week of the Bay of Plenty Bird Festival September 28 - October 5....
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Tony Crocker
t.crocker@...
May 21, 2003 2:18 am
Hi all Just saw an item on birding-aus which reminded me of something on TV last night. It's an old theme, but might be new to some. There was a Holmes report...
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Kiwi Wildlife Tours
kwtl@...
May 25, 2003 5:53 am
HAURAKI GULF PELAGICS 24 MAY 2003 While Auckland (and the northern mainland) was buried by a big thunderstorm, we managed an escape by heading out into Gulf in...
