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Pelagic and general birding trip reports

Place/Trip
Date
Author
Birds of interest
2008
     
Three Kings pelagic
5 - 8 April 2008
Sav
Long-tailed skua, South Polar skua, white-naped petrel, GOULD'S PETREL and other rarities (photos)
       
2007
     
Three Kings pelagic
31 March - 3 April 2007
Brent and Sav
GOULD'S PETREL and other rarities (photos)
       
2006
     
Oceanwings pelagic
3 November 2006
Brent
Wandering albatross, Westland petrel, dusky dolphins (photos)
Hauraki Gulf pelagic
25 October 2006
Brent
NZ storm-petrel, Australasian gannets diving (photos)
Far North pelagic
30 September - 1 October 2006
Sav
Grey petrel, white-chinned petrel, wandering albatrosses (photos)
Gisborne pelagic
19 August 2006
Brent
Chatham alb, grey petrel, 9 taxa of albs! (photos)
NZ falcon observations
8 June 2006
Brent
NZ falcon (photos)
Milford Sound to Brisbane cruise
27 February to 3 March 2006
Brent
Stejneger's, white-headed, Kermadec, and white-naped petrels amongst others (photos)
Auckland to Milford Sound cruise
30 January to 8 February 2006
Brent
Seabirds, falcon
       
2005
     
Napier 'mini' pelagic
12 December 2005
Brent
Black petrel
Milford Sound to Auckland cruise
1-10 December 2005
Brent
Seabirds and intermediate egret
Whitianga pelagic
24 November 2005
Roger McNeill
Pycroft's petrel, black petrel
Napier pelagic
19 November 2005
Colin Miskelly
Albatrosses, white-faced storm-petrel
Chatham Islands
7-28 November 2005
Brent
Taiko, black robin, and other Chatham endemics (photos)
       
2004
     
Tolaga Bay pelagic
4 December 2004
Sav
Little shearwater, black petrel, skuas
Hauraki Gulf pelagic
13 November 2004
Sav
NZ storm-petrel, Cook's petrel
Kermadec Islands
1-14 November 2004
Brent
Kermadec storm-petrel, Kermadec petrel, white-naped petrel, etc (photos)
Hick's Bay 'Ranfurly Banks' pelagic
10 Oct 2004
Tim Barnard & Brent
Albatrosses, Wilson's storm-petrel
Tolaga Bay pelagic
9 Oct 2004
Sav & Brent
Albatrosses and Antarctic fulmar
Napier pelagic
10 July 2004
Brent
Brown skua, prions
South Island Trip
3 - 8 June 2004
Sav
Black stilt, falcon, seabirds (photos)
Tolaga Bay pelagic
2 May 2004
Brent
Brown skua, GREY PHALAROPE
Hauraki Gulf
8 Feb 2004
Sav
New Zealand storm-petrel
Hauraki Gulf
18 Jan 2004
Brent
New Zealand storm-petrel
       
2003
     
Tolaga Bay pelagic
7 Dec 2003
Sav
Cook's petrel, grey-backed and white-faced storm-petrel, white-chinned petrel (photos)
Manawatu Estuary
11-15 Nov 2003
Brent & Sav
Great knot, Asiatic whimbrel (photos)
Whitianga pelagic
6 Nov 2003
Brent & Sav
Pycroft's and Cook's petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, short-tailed and sooty shearwater (photos)
Miranda
5-6 Nov 2003
Brent & Sav
Marsh, terek, and sharp-tailed sandpipers, NZ dotterel (photos)

Hawke's Bay - Manawatu

"The Touring Wrybills" Twitchathon Team

26-27 Oct 2003
Sav
86 species in a 24 hour period, with no boats or island visits!!
7 Sept 2003
Brent
Fluttering shearwater, Common diving petrel, Little shearwater, Humpback whale (photos)
Oceanwings pelagic, Kaikoura
3 Sept 2003
Brent
Hutton's shearwater, Chatham albatross (photos)
Gisborne pelagic
27 July 2003
Tim Barnard & Brent
Thin-billed prion, Chatham albatross, other seabirds (photo)
Wanganui pelagic
13 June 2003
Sav
White-capped albatross (photo)
1 May 2003
Brent
Brown teal, little cormorant, etc (photos)
27 April 2003
Tim Barnard
Brown skua, South Polar skua, long-tailed skua, grey petrel, Wilson's storm-petrel (photos)
23 Feb 2003
Tim Barnard
Long-tailed skua and others (photos)
21 Feb 2003
Brent
Sanderling (photos)
19 Jan 2003
Brent
Waders in breeding plumage! (photos)
25 Jan 2003
Brent & Sav
Flesh-footed shearwater, Pycroft's petrel, Unidentified storm-petrel (photos)
20 Jan 2003
Brent & Sav
Common tern, mixed waders (photos)
03-13 Jan 2003
Brent
Kea, Fiordland-crested penguin, Yellowhead (photos)
02 Dec 2002
Brent
North royal alb, cape petrel (subsp. capense), red-necked phalarope (photos)
       
2002
     
29 Nov 2002
Sav
Chinstrap penguin (photos)
26 Nov 2002
Brent
Royal spoonbill, brown teal (photos)
23 Nov 2002
Sav

Manawatu Estuary Trust "Welcome to the Birds" -Mixed waders, inc Eastern curlew (photos)

5-7 July 2002
Brent
Franklin's gull (missed), Pacific heron, glossy ibis
3 June 2002
Brent
Misc. seabirds, black petrel, albatrosses
2 June 2002
Brent
Misc. seabirds, white-headed petrel
30 May - 3 June 2002
Brent
Great-crested grebe, New Zealand falcon
27-29 May 2002
Brent & Sav
Soft-plumaged petrel and other seabirds
24-26 May 2002
Brent

Kookaburra and sanderling

11 May 2002
Sav
Chestnut teal (photos)
9 & 11 May 2002
Black kite (photos)
20-27 April 2002
Sav
Various seabirds
31 March 2002
Sav
Phoenix petrel
23 & 24 March 2002
Brent
Mongolian dotterel and other waders (photos)
17 March 2002
Brent
Pycroft's and black petrel (photos)
9 March 2002
Brent
Grey ternlet (photos)

 


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