I would be very interested in how you identified Pycroft's Petrel and
Wandering Tattler. The former are very difficult to identify except in the
hand with much of the lierature being wrong and wandering tattlers are
rare on the NZ mainland.
Phil Hansbro
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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
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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.
>
>
>
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