The Westland Petrel Conservation Trust facebook page has an obituary for Bruce posted recently. Sorry I'm not able to put a link here. Statistics: Posted by Jan — Sun Jun 02, 2024 12:20 am ..read more

Adjacent to this topic, and I don't want to start a "new topic", especially as this is a trivial observation/ query. Alone, Australia (TV series/ franchise) is at a lake in Fiordland this current season; and I'm positive I'm hearing Saddlebacks in the background. Initially, I thought it was like foly-type added noise for the ambiance, but occasionally it's seeming faint and "organic"... this seems outside of known Saddleback range(?) [Early on there's participants' narration over the NZ-shot video, and there's Lorikeet et al noises, with are a little jarring too, but obviously audio that was ..read more

I saw 3 fulmars off the Cook Strait ferry this morning. Statistics: Posted by Alan Tennyson — Fri May 31, 2024 1:01 am ..read more

NZ Bird Atlas complete - news release The New Zealand Bird Atlas project finishes at midnight today (Friday 31 May 2024) after running for five years (2019-2024). This is one of the largest community science projects in Aotearoa New Zealand coordinated on behalf of Birds New Zealand by Wildlife Management International Ltd. Over 441,000 bird observation checklists and 145,000 hours’ worth of observation effort have gone into the project from volunteer observers and birdwatchers across the country to help gather as many observations as possible and upload them via the community science platfor ..read more

There may be nothing weird about these deaths as the birds have travelled a long way/could be young/might be starving and such. BUT they might have Avian Flu, so great care is needed in collecting them, in case the virus gets spread around. Statistics: Posted by Jan — Thu May 30, 2024 8:09 pm ..read more

Another Antarctic Fulmar was found dead on a beach today, this time at Whangaehu: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/219280924 Statistics: Posted by Michael Szabo — Thu May 30, 2024 10:07 am ..read more

Pateke present now at at the entrance Statistics: Posted by bradley_birdsnz — Thu May 30, 2024 2:56 am ..read more

Peter Langlands reports via Facebook a white-winged black tern feeding over Bromley Oxidation Pond today. Statistics: Posted by Michael Szabo — Thu May 30, 2024 2:31 am ..read more

We have had a kotuku/white heron on the Whanganui River, in the city area, for several weeks. A great bird to see close up, and it has been very obliging for photographers. We had another great session with it this morning. _77A5800s.jpg Statistics: Posted by Paul Gibson — Thu May 30, 2024 2:15 am ..read more

This morning there were 7 cattle egrets, in their well known location. They allowed us very close, so some top pictures. The location is about 15 minutes south of Whanganui. _77A5977s.jpg Statistics: Posted by Paul Gibson — Thu May 30, 2024 2:10 am ..read more