Over the last couple of weeks we've picked up quite a few carcasses here on the coastal survey of Pouto (Kaipara Harbour). The 19th Novemebr was the first...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 1, 2009 10:53 am
Hi all, Talked with Sav tonight who is currently on Stewart Island with a group nearing the end of a NZ tour. This morning (1 Dec) he found a single ...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 1, 2009 11:01 am
Hi all, I'm just heading around the northern North Island with a group at present. Yesterday we had a fairy tern distantly at Mangawhai, but the surprise...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Dec 2, 2009 1:43 am
Hi folksd, DoC picked up a live Antarctic Fulmar from a garden in Sth New Brighton tonight and the bird is currrently being cared for by local bird ...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 2, 2009 3:51 am
Hi all, On the way to Tiritiri Matagi Island this morning we had a SOUTH POLAR SKUA from the ferry. The bird was resting on the water as we went past and it...
"5 Fulmar" !!!!!!!!! Why oh why oh why do you Kiwis not use the standard English names for bird species?! For goodness sake, don't you know it makes you the ...
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Iain Johnson
juiceblue@...
Dec 2, 2009 7:46 am
blimey Graham - bit harsh, unlikely that Northern Fulmar is likely to make down here (should probably have checked the checklist first before making that...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 2, 2009 7:51 am
Hi all, Just heard from Sav who is having a mega trip...160 species and still with about 4 sitters he reckons! Today they did a pelagic on Stewart Island and...
Hi everyone I will be passing through Horowhenua soon and I thought it may be a good opportunity to check out a couple of fairly recent sightings in the...
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Chris Gaskin
kwtl@...
Dec 2, 2009 9:26 am
Hi all,  Another Hauraki Gulf pelagic today – yep the grey ternlets are back... Ok, we got three today, but Brent, those white guano splashes on ledges on...
As a suggestion when in Rome do as the romans do EG speak their language ... John ... From: Graham charle Saunders To: Shane McPherson Cc:...
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Kevin Matthews
kble@...
Dec 2, 2009 8:58 pm
I suggest Graham you run a real risk of running "Foul of a Kiwi" rather than the "Foul Gull" that you suggest. Regards Kevin _____ From:...
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Hugh Clifford
hughjclifford@...
Dec 2, 2009 10:29 pm
OSNZ Waikato has a programme of monthly patrols of 5 North Island west coast beaches. During 2009 quite low numbers of beach wrecks have generally been found,...
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whare@...
Dec 3, 2009 4:51 am
Is anyone planning one a pelagic on Stewart Is between approx 18 - 23 Dec. Have a birding friend who will b exploring the island around that time & would love...
Hi All, Had a trip out with one of my birding buddies from the UK. First we stopped at the Ashley estuary (Waikuku Beach). One Little Black Shag was the first...
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Tom and Mandy Wilson
tomandmandy@...
Dec 3, 2009 11:15 am
Surely if the message title includes the words "Antarctic Fulmar" it's reasonable that any subsequent "fulmar" references are to the ones of the title? Cheers ...
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Rosemary Tully
rosemarytully@...
Dec 3, 2009 6:17 pm
Hi, I had a sad story yesterday when a petrel was brought into to care. It was a cooks petrel (thanks Brent) it had flown into power lines and amputated its...
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Kiwi Wildlife
kwtl@...
Dec 3, 2009 6:24 pm
Hi Wendy, I'm afraid we don't have a Stewart Island pelagic scheduled until February, and appreciate that it can be difficult for people to get out into what...
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Rosemary Tully
rosemarytully@...
Dec 4, 2009 4:51 am
Hi I have had a report of 4 masked boobies seen on the 27th November 2nm North of Kohi Point Whakatane. I went and checked today with the skipper of Pee Jay...
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Brent Stephenson
brent@...
Dec 4, 2009 7:10 am
Hi all, Yesterday we managed to find an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER at Miranda. The bird was with 10 Pacific golden plovers at the Lime Works and stood out as being...
A little late coming in on this one, but I've just got back from two week trip down to the subs - we saw fulmars all the way from the Snares, down to Macquarie...
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Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Dec 4, 2009 9:52 pm
Hi Gillian The first link below gives you a map of the world showing the daily updated sea surface temperature anomalies. That is the current sea surface...
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noreply@...
Dec 5, 2009 2:48 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Brent Stephenson has posted an important post at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Hi all, Yesterday we managed to find an...
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noreply@...
Dec 5, 2009 5:56 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Neil Fitzgerald has posted an important post at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Posted to the email group a few minutes ago...
At least 40 kereru exploded from flowering broom at the summit of Rimutaka Incline bike trail, 5 Dec. Also seen: rifleman, tui. Heard: whitehead, tomtit,...
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noreply@...
Dec 5, 2009 11:11 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, John Woods has posted an important post at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: Bill Abbott and I photographed a Ringed Plover at...
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noreply@...
Dec 5, 2009 1:27 pm
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Neil Fitzgerald has posted an important post at BirdingNZ.net. ... Here's the text of the post: So I test an image upload: <!-- ia0...
Hi all We had cracking views of an NZ Falcon yesterday flying across the road between Waipara and Rotherham (S42.94590667 E172.7074633). Cheers Richard and...
Hi All, A useful observation on the Reef Egret here at Kaikoura. The best time to find birds is just after Low Tide because the birds feed on small fish being...
