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Hello All, A reminder about next Monday’s meeting. John Dowding, wader expert, will talk about the effect of the Rena catastrophe on waders and other birdlfe in the Bay of Plenty. There are at least 111 Crested Grebe at Lake Forsyth already, and it isn’t even midwinter yet. Bev and I also saw 2 Gull-billed […] 2 NZ Falcon 1 Tui Just reporting 3 Aust Bitterns seen well flying together at dusk – lifted from a large overgrown wet patch on the west side of the Styx River on Lower Styx Road, 1/2 way between Spencerville and Brooklands, CHCH, and flew over the road eastward to the western shore of Brooklands lagoon. Lets hope the numerous […] Eleven Canterbury OSNZers spent the past weekend in the Akaroa area of Banks Peninsula. On the Saturday the plan was to head out for a pelagic at 10am, however a dying southerly still had a bit too much sting in it to allow us to go where we wanted – out past the heads. Instead […] |
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