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Restless New Zealand Fantails

August 7, 2013 by Duncan 5 Comments

In his comment in last week’s post on the Marlborough Sounds, Beat writer Jochen described the New Zealand Fantail as one of the best...

Trips

Arthur’s Pass

March 27, 2013 by Duncan 1 Comment

I’m off to South Island this weekend for a visit to my favourite destination, Kaikoura! To celebrate, here are some shots of something not remotely albatross...

Birds

Stichbirds, New Zealand’s Surprising Family

March 13, 2013 by Duncan 4 Comments

When I first visited New Zealand, back in 2000, the Stichbird was just a rare species of honeyeater (Meliphagidae), one of three representatives of...

Conservation

Little Barrier Island and the New Zealand Storm-petrel

February 27, 2013 by Duncan 1 Comment

Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland was already one of the most important offshore reserves in New Zealand. The island was...

Birds

Wicked, tricksy, false!

December 12, 2012 by Duncan 4 Comments

They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false! Gollum (the film version) It can’t have escaped your notice that there is...

Birds

Weka, New Zealand’s Nimble-beaked Thieves

August 29, 2012 by Duncan 4 Comments

Once upon a time the average bird on Earth was a rail. Before humans spread across the oceans of the world, wiping out huge...

Birds

The Brown Teal

July 25, 2012 by Duncan No Comments

While most readers will be enjoying some measure of nice weather up north here in Wellington we are currently being lashed by one of...

Birds

Paradise Shelducks (Tadorna variegata)

February 29, 2012 by Duncan 4 Comments

Just a quick post today to appreciate one of New Zealand’s most attractive birds, the Paradise Shelduck. This is brought about by a visit...

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Kai Pflug (weekly)
Birding Lodges of the World
Tuesday
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Leslie Kinrys (biweekly)
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Paul Lewis (weekly)
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David Tomlinson (weekly)
Species Spotlight (occasionally)
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Peter Penning (biweekly)
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Clive Finlayson (weekly)
Valters Videnieks (biweekly)

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Sara Jentsch
Rolf Nessing
Dragan Simic

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