Colin Hill and I found the spp below today Wrybill 272 Red-n stint 22 Curlew sandpiper 4 (there have been 2 max. all summer) Pac. Golden Plover 25 white heron...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Apr 3, 2010 8:41 pm
Hi folks, Most Turnstones have left the Rakaia RM, just 8 remaining 5 Arctic Skua chaisng terns off the beach 2 Cape Barren Geese in a paddock 500m from the...
As birding tyros following these posting, we thought a jaunt to Foxton Beach to view the Pacific Golden Plover in "stonking" plumage would be a good Friday...
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Steve Wood
sawood@...
Apr 4, 2010 3:51 am
Hi Guys, A few highlights form the spit midday today. Bar-T Godwit 280 White winged Black Tern. 1 with Black F. Tern Black -Fronted Tern 50 Arctic Skua 1 dark...
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Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Apr 4, 2010 5:39 am
A visit to the Otaki Wastewater Ponds this morning revealed 17 species. By far the most significant observation was 29 dabchick (recounted several times over...
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Ian Armitage
ian.armitage@...
Apr 4, 2010 5:53 am
Amongst 18 species counted on the incoming tide at the Manawatu River estuary, Foxton, on 3 April was 1 common tern (subject to confirmation by the OSNZ RBC;...
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noreply@...
Apr 4, 2010 6:04 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, David Riddell has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Just back from a jaunt to the top...
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quattro
quattro@...
Apr 4, 2010 6:06 am
We were there today at the Puketutu island causeway and spotted three dabchicks amongst the multitude of paradise shelducks, and one grey teal at leasy among...
Ok some people do cross words- my passion is reading off metal band combinations. By simply photographing a bird's metal band as it moves and latter cropping /...
White Heron at the Tukituki River mouth by Haumoana (Napier). The Little Egret was also some distance from the White Heron at the river mouth, but got...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Apr 4, 2010 8:58 am
Which means that banders should make sure that they put bands on the right way up! We spent a lot of time in Alaska last year trying to work out the number on ...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Apr 4, 2010 9:00 am
One freshly flattened Weka on the Nelson side of the Whangamoa saddle yesterday (3 April). Weka seem to be making a bit of a comeback in the Nelson region at...
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Battley, Phil
P.Battley@...
Apr 4, 2010 10:26 am
Thanks to Ian and John for spotting the red banded godwit on Friday and Saturday. He is the latest-staying of the godwits that Jesse Conklin monitors in his...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Apr 4, 2010 8:14 pm
or you can always tip the photos up side down! AC ________________________________ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Apr 4, 2010 8:14 pm
There's also been a spate of Western Weka sightings in Canterbury, but all (including the Arthur's pass ones as far as I can see) are probably the result of...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Apr 5, 2010 12:00 am
Had the opportunity to join this trip at the last minute, having found out about it from a couple whom we took birding for the day on 20th March. Had a great...
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noreply@...
Apr 5, 2010 9:45 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Suzi has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Could someone clarify the ID of these ducks...
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Chris Bindon
giant.weta@...
Apr 5, 2010 9:55 am
They look like Scaup to me Suzi! Regards, Chris ... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of noreply@... ...
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Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Apr 5, 2010 7:01 pm
Sorry, this is a word attachment, Birding-NZ doesn't show it. If you want to read it please send me your email. Jan ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi all- just wondering if anyone has confirmed records of bittern breeding from 2009-10 season- that is sightings of chicks or any nests located. Peter...
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noreply@...
Apr 6, 2010 5:16 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Brent Stephenson has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Hi all, The below posted on...
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noreply@...
Apr 6, 2010 6:46 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, wghabbott has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: John Woods and I went to Shakespear...
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David Melville
david.melville@...
Apr 6, 2010 7:39 am
......and where exactly is Shakespear Park? David ... From: <noreply@...> To: "BIRDING-NZ" <birding-nz@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010...
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Adrian Riegen
riegen@...
Apr 6, 2010 7:55 am
Stratford-upon- Avon! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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noreply@...
Apr 6, 2010 10:04 am
Hello BIRDING-NZ, Nick Allen has posted an important post on the BirdingNZ.net website. ... Here's the text of the post: Spent Easter with my family in the...
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Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Apr 7, 2010 2:11 am
Its certainly not in "Christchurch-upon-Avon" AC ... From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Riegen Sent:...
Shakespear Regional Park is at the end of Whangaparaoa Peninsula and is the nearest point of land to Tiritiri Matangi Island (3.5 km's). Already bellbird,...
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Kathy & Erik
forsythkd@...
Apr 7, 2010 9:40 am
Hi all Stewart Island Brown Kiwi, a fantastic day sighting of a male bird first heard calling and then watched as it followed us on the trail, after a short...
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Nick Allen
nick_allen@...
Apr 7, 2010 9:58 am
I think there is a reasonable chance the ones at Arthur's Pass might have walked over from a seemingly increasing and spreading population in the Otira Valley,...
I saw a weka at Rocky Point, 25km down the road from Otira in October 2007, which I guess is getting more back into their traditional range. Arthur's Pass used...
