Similarly as many of us on birding Aus have experienced Black and westland
Black are also difficult at sea even with experience.
Cheers
Phil.
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Dr Phil Hansbro I Tel: (h) 01223 514441 or
Dept of Pathology I 01223 514434
Tennis Court Road I (w) 01223 333545
Cambridge University I Fax: 01223 333346
Cambridge CB2 1QP I
UK I Email:
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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Teet Sirotkin wrote:
> There has been some talk about N.Z. lately, so I hereby post my travel
> report. Also there are references to vital litterature below. Good luck
> with your N.Z. trips! Please ask, if any specific questions, and let me
> know what you saw and where!
>
> /Teet
> Uppsala, Sewden
>
>
>
>
> New Zealand
> ----------------
> 28 december 1994 - 17 January 1995
> Teet Sirotkin
>
> 54 of the 56 endemic birds were recorded. The total bird list includes 132
> species.
>
> Birds
> -------
> Brown kiwi 1 seen + 4+ heard on Little Barrier Island
> Stewart island kiwi 2 males + 2 females seen on Ocean Beach, Stewart
> Island
> Little spotted kiwi 2 males heard on Tiri Tiri
> Great spotted kiwi 6 males + 2-3 females heard in Paparoa Range NP
> Yellow-eyed penguin 2-3 on Taiaroa Head, 3 off Stewart Island
> Blue penguin common on Stewart Island, fairly common in Marlborough &
> Hauraki Gulf
> (White-flippered penguin) 2 seen in Akaroa Harbour (a race of Blue
> penguin)
> Dabchick 2 ad + 2 juv in Lake Rotoiti
> Southern crested grebe 7 in Lake Tekapo area
> Wandering albatross 1 subad off Otago peninsula
> Royal albatross 3 ad at Taiaroa Head (breeding) and 7 ad + 1 juv off Otago
> Peninsula
> Black-browed mollymawk 1 ad off Otago Peninsula, 1 off Stewart Island
> Buller's mollymawk 1 ad off Otago Peninsula, 5 ad in Foveaux Strait
> Shy mollymawk ca 40 off Otago Peninsula and 20 in Foveaux Strait
> Northern giant petrel single juveniles in most waters, ca 30 off Otago
> Peninsula
> Cape pigeon 13 off Otago Peninsula, 5 off Stewart Island
> Pycroft's petrel 2 identified in Little Barrier Island waters
> Cook's petrel 1000+ in Little Barrier Island waters
> Black petrel 7 in Little Barrier Island waters
> Westland black petrel 2 off Munro Beach, probably 1 in Cook Strait
> Fairy prion ca 50 in Foveaux Strait, ca 25 in Cook Strait
> Flesh-footed shearwater ca 10 off Tiri Tiri, ca 20 in Little Barrier Island
> waters
> Buller's shearwater ca 500 off Tiri Tiri, 300+ in Little Barrier Island
> waters
> Sooty shearwater common north to Cook Strait, 10.000+ off Otago
> Peninsula
> Fluttering shearwater common from Marlborough Sound and north, ca 500 in
> Cook Strait
> Hutton's shearwater 3000+ off Kaikoura
> Little shearwater 2+1 in Little Barrier Island waters
> White-faced storm petrel ca 8 in Little Barrier Island waters
> Common diving petrel ca 100 in Foveaux Strait
> Gannet singles in most waters
> Black shag singles on South Island coast
> Pied shag fairly common on most coasts
> Little black shag singles
> Little shag fairly common
> King shag 3 in Pelorus Sound
> Stewart Island shag 500+ off Otago Peninsula, 50 on Stewart Island
> Spotted shag 100+ in Akaroa Harbour, 500+ off Otago Peninsula + singles
> (Blue shag) ca 50 on Stewart Island (a race of spotted shag)
> White-faced heron fairly common
> Little egret 1 in Napier
> Reef heron 1 in Kaikoura, 1 in Waipu Cove
> Bittern 2 SW of Miranda
> Royal spoonbill 1 N of Dunedin
> Black swan common in most lakes, 500+ in Lake Ellsmere
> Canada goose 500+ in Lake Ellsmere
> Paradise shelduck common in most lakes
> Mallard common in most lakes
> Grey duck 20 in lake Tekapo, 50 at Waiwera sewage works, +singles
> Grey teal 400 in Lake Ellsmere, 100 in Lake Tekapo, 20 in Miranda
> Brown teal 3 on Tiri Tiri, 3 on Little Barrier Island
> N.Z. Shovler 15 in Lake Tekapo, +singles
> Blue duck 1 in Fiordland NP, 1 in Paparoa Range NP
> Scaup 20 in Lake Tekapo, common in Urewera NP
> Harrier common, ca 80 birds seen
> Falcon 1 in Paparoa Range NP, 1 in Urewera NP, 1 in Pureora
> Brown quail 4 in Rotoroa area, 5 on Tiri Tiri
> Californian quail 10 Paparoa Range, 8 Havelock, 6 N Queenstown, 10
> Waipu cove rubbish dump
> Pheasant 1 SW of Miranda
> Peafowl 1 in Akaroa
> Turkey 5 in Urewera
> Banded rail 3 in Miranda
> Spotless crake 1 seen +1 heared on Tiri Tiri
> Weka 2 on Ulva Island, 1+1+1 in Marlborough Sound
> Takahe 1 male on Maud Island, 3+3+1 heard on Tiri Tiri
> Pukeko fairly common, 30 SW of Miranda
> Australasian coot 2 in Lake Tekapo, 1 in Pureora
> S.I. pied oystercatcher common, 300 in Miranda, 300 in Manukau Harbour
> Variable oystercatcher fairly common, 20 on Stewart Island
> Pacific golden plover 37 in Manukau Harbour
> Spur-winged plover common, 65 in a field N of Queenstown
> Banded dotterel fairly common, 100+ in Lake Ellesmere, 50+ in Lake Tekapo
> N.Z. Dotterel 2 in Miranda, 10 in Manukau Harbour, 10 in Waipu Cove, 6 in
> Mangawhai
> Wrybill 30 in Lake Tekapo, 10 Ahuriri river, 300 in Miranda, 500 in Manukau
> Harbour
> Far-eastern curlew 3 in Miranda, 3 in Manukau Harbour
> Bar-tailed godwit fairly common, 2000+ in Miranda, 200 in Manukau
> Harbour
> Wandering tattler 1 in Kaikoura
> Siberian tattler 2 in Kaikoura
> Turnstone 50 in Kaikoura, 10+ in Miranda, 30 in Manukau Harbour
> Knot fairly common, 1000+ in Miranda, 500+ in Waipu Cove
> Pectoral sandpiper 2 in Miranda
> Sharp-tailed sandpiper 11 in Miranda
> Curlew sandpiper 4 in Lake Ellesmere
> Red-necked stint 3 in Miranda
> Pied stilt common, 200+ in Lake Ellesmere, 200 in Miranda
> Black stilt 1 hybrid in Lake Ellesmere, 1-2+1 juv in Lake Tekapo
> Southern skua 2 off Stewart Island
> Arctic skua 10 in Marlborough Strait, 5 in Cook Strait, +singles
> Pomarine skua 1 ad in Cook Strait, 2 off Little Barrier Island
> Black-backed gull common, 3000+ on Otago Peninsula
> Black-billed gull fairly common on South Island, singles on North Island
> Red-billed gull common, 1000+ on Otago Peninsula
> Black-fronted tern 40 in Lake Tekapo, 10 in Ahuriri River, fairly
> common in NW South Island
> White-fronted tern fairly common, 200+ on Otago Peninsula, 200+ in
> Waipu Cove
> Caspian tern Singles on South Island, 2 off Little Barrier Island
> Rock pigeon singles in urban areas
> N.Z. pigeon singles, common on Stewart Island
> Streptopelia sp. 1 in Oban, 3 in Christchurch area
> Kaka fairly common on Stewart Island & Little Barrier Island. 5 in Pureora
> Kea 15 in Fiordland NP
> Eastern rosella 1 in Pureora, 2 in Wenderholm Park
> Red-crowned parakeet 15+ on Stewart Island, 10 on Tiri Tiri, fc on LBI,
> 1 hybrid ? on Ulva Island
> Yellow-crowned parakeet 20 in Pureora
> Shining cuckoo 1 heard i Urewera, 1 in Pureora
> Long-tailed cuckoo ca 7 singles heard/seen, + 8 on Little Barrier Island
> Morepork 10 heard, 2 seen
> Kingfisher singles, 15 in a small swampy area NW of Miranda
> Rifleman 10 in Fiordland NP, 4 in Urewera, 6 in Pureora, 2 on Little
> Barrier Island
> Rock wren 1 pair feeding young at Homer tunnel
> Skylark common
> Welcome swallow fairly common-common
> Pipit 10 singles
> Hedge sparrow fairly common
> Fernbird 2 at Lake Waihola
> Brown creeper 7+ on Ulva Island, fairly common in Fiordland NP
> Whitehead 3 in Urewera, 3 in Pureora, singles on Tiri Tiri, common on
> Little Barrier Island
> Yellowhead 2+2+2 in Fiordland NP
> Grey warbler fairly common
> Fantail singles
> Robin 5 in Fiordland, 2 in Urewera, fairly common on Tiri Tiri & Little
> Barrier Island
> Tomtit fairly common on Stewart Island, Pureora, Tiri Tiri, Little Barrier
> Island
> Song thrush fairly common-common
> Blackbird common
> Silver-eye fairly common
> Stitchbird 1 male+15 juv/female on Little Barrier Island
> Bellbird fairly common-common
> Tui fairly common-common
> Yellowhammer fairly common-common
> Cirl bunting 2 pairs in Kaikoura
> Chaffinch fairly common-common
> Greenfinch singles
> Goldfinch fairly common
> Redpoll fairly common-common
> House sparrow common
> Starling common
> Myna common on North Island
> Saddleback 20 on Tiri Tiri, 25 on Little Barrier Island
> Kokako 1 in Pureora, 1 heard on Little Barrier Island
> Magpie common, black-backed fairly common in Napier area
> Rook 5 in Napier area
>
> Dip Outs
> -----------
> Fiordland crested penguin Not a difficult species really, but all
> birds seemed to have left their breeding grounds already.
> Kakapo On Little Barrier Island we were able to see a wild, booming, bird
> in real time on a TV monitor. This is probably as close as you can get to a
> wild kakapo. Not good enough for a tick though...
>
>
> Frogs & Reptiles
> --------------------
> [Hamiltons frog 1 seen in captivity on Maud Island]
> Golden bell frog fairly common in Urewera
> Whistling frog 5 at Lake Paringa, common in Paparoa Range NP
> [Tuatara 2 in captivity on Little Barrier Island]
> Egg-laying skink 1 on Little Barrier Island
> Common skink 2-3 on Taiaroa Head, 3 off Stewart Island
>
>
> Mammals
> -----------
> N.Z. long-tailed bat 1 on Little Barrier Island
> Brush-tailed possum 5 on Stewart Island, 2 in Fiordland NP, 5 in
> Paparoa Range NP, 4 in Havelock
> Hedgehog 1 in Pureora, 1 SW of Miranda
> Rabbit fairly common
> Brown hare 1 in Pureora, 1 SW of Miranda
> Polynesian rat 1 in Paparoa Range NP
> Stoat 1 in Fiordland NP, 1 in Paparoa Range NP
> [Feral ferret 1 roadkilled in Havelock]
> Hooker´s sea-lion 1 on Otago Peninsula
> N.Z. fur seal 100+ on Otago Peninsula, Stewart Island, Paparoa Range &
> Kaikoura
> False killer whale possibly 1 off Otago Peninsula
> Bottlenose dolphin 1 in Milford Sound
> Dusky dolphin 4+2 off Otago Peninsula
> Hectors dolphin 10+ in Akaroa Harbour, 4+3+3+2 off South Island NW coast
>
>
> Miscelaneous
> ----------------
> [Giant weta 1 in captivity on Maud Island]
>
>
>
> Litterature
> ------------
> ? Birds of N.Z. - Locality guide (Chambers) 1989
> A must!
>
> ? New guide to the birds of N.Z. (Falla) 1978
> NOT very new...
>
> ? Shorebirds (Hayman) 1986
>
> ? Seabirds (Hayman) 1985
>
> ? Handbook of Rare & Endangered N.Z. Birds (Gaze) Juni 1994
>
> ? A guide to birding in N.Z. (Harrop) 1992
>
> ? New Zealands Extinct Birds (Gill) 1991
>
> ? The Handbook of Australian N.Z. and Antarctic Birds (Marchant) 1991
>
> ? The N.Z. Birdwatchers' book (Ellis) 1987
>
> ? Black Robin Country (Cemmick & Veitch) ISBN 0 340 358111
>
> ? Kakapo Country (Cemmick & Veitch) 1987, ISBN 0 340 424850
>
> ? In search of BIRDS in N.Z. (McKenzie) ISBN 0 589 00443 3
>
> ? Collins Handguide to the Birds of N.Z. (Kelly) 1982
>
> ? Collins Handguide to the Frogs & Reptiles of N.Z. (Gill) 1986
>
> ? Collins Guide to the Mammals of N.Z. (Daniel & Baker) 1986
>
> ? Wild N.Z (Readers Digest) 1982
>
> ? Native N.Z. Flowering plants (Salmon)
>
> ? New Zealand, a travel survival kit (Wheeler) Mars 1994
>
> ? Mobil N.Z. Travel Guides (Pope) 1991
>
> ? Insight Guide - N.Z. (Lindblad) 1992
>
> ? A History of N.Z. (Sinclair) 1991.
>
> ? Road Atlas of New Zeeland (AA)
>
> ? Heinemann New Zealand Atlas (McKenzie) 1987.
> Best atlas!
>
> Some of the books are surely out of print. Your best bet is:
> Natural History Book Service Ltd (UK)
> E-mail:
>
> This is info from 1994. There are some new books, amongst others a new
> field guide. Check out NHBS homepage.
>
>
>
> Teet Sirotkin
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