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  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    so that's the end of my year list then. Five hours to go till the end of the year. I like round numbers so was hoping to get to 400 but there you go.
  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    26-27 November heading back down to Christchurch again, I took the ferry from Wellington to Picton from which the only new additions for the year were Buller's and sooty shearwaters. I had been planning on doing the boat trip out of Picton for king shags but I didn't have enough money, so...
  3. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    21-22 November I've been back in Wellington for a couple of weeks, and seeing there had been a trio of vagrant plumed whistling ducks up at Napier since September I thought I'd better go up and see them. I've seen the species before, in Australia, but they're such beautiful ducks one shouldn't...
  4. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    31 October back in Christchurch again after my southeast Asian/Australian trip, I had been doing a bit of random birding over the last week but nothing really had turned up. There were supposed to be some lesser knots at the estuary though, amongst the godwits at their high-tide roost, so I...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Melbourne, 15-16 October check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 381) Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus 382) Little blue penguin Eudyptula minor 383) Chestnut teal Anas castanea 384) Bell miner Manorina...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Rottnest Island, 14 October check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 373) White-fronted chat Ephthianura albifrons 374) Red-capped plover Charadrius ruficapillus 375) Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres 376) Greater...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Albany and Cheyne Beach, 7-13 October check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 361) Sooty oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus 362) Southern emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus 363) Black-shouldered kite Elanus axillaris...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Dryandra Woodlands (Western Australia), 3-6 October check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 327) Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 328) Brush bronzewing Phaps elegans 329) Australian ringneck Barnardius...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Perth (Western Australia), 1-2 October check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 300) Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 301) Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca 302) Australian raven Corvus coronoides 303) Rainbow...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Malaysia, 20-30 September check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 236) Barn owl Tyto alba (or Tyto javanica if split) 237) Oriental magpie-robin Copsychus saularis 238) Blyth's hawk-eagle Spizaetus alboniger 239)...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Bali airport, 18 September check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 234) Cave swiftlet Collocalia linchi 235) Fork-tailed swift Apus pacificus
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    West Timor, 14-17 September check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 206) Fawn-breasted whistler Pachycephala orpheus 207) Streak-breasted honeyeater Meliphaga reticulata 208) Black-chested myzomela Myzomela vulnerata 209)...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Flores and Komodo, 26 August to 11 September check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS; 141) Black-fronted flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum 142) Wallacean drongo Dicrurus densus 143) Golden-rumped flowerpecker Dicaeum annae...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Sulawesi, 12-26 August check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 BIRDS: 84) Cattle egret Bubulus ibis 85) Sulawesi swiftlet Collocalia sororum 86) Yellow-vented whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer 87) Sulawesi leaf-warbler...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    Kuala Lumpur airport, 12 August check out this thread for the story behind the birds seen: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=207985 80) House crow Corvus splendens 81) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica 82) House swift Apus nipalensis 83) Tree sparrow Passer montanus
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    4 July I went for some wanderings around Wellington today, first to the Botanic Gardens looking for eastern rosellas (without success), then to the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary,and finally the Karori Cemetery. On the way to the sanctuary I unexpectedly came across a young black rat scuttling...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    22 June completely unexpectedly an emperor penguin turned up on Monday afternoon on the coast just up the ways a bit from me, and it made the news on Tuesday (http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/5172214/Rare-NZ-emperor-penguin-appearance). This was only the second record for mainland New Zealand...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    15 June for the last week something like 20% of the total world population of NZ shore plovers have been hanging out at the beach at Plimmerton just north of Wellington, having flown there from Mana Island (the highest count at Plimmerton has been 37 birds). I got back to town late yesterday...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    14 June heading back to Wellington today, and from the ferry there was a lot of seabird activity around the front of the boat, although low in number of species. No whales or dolphins either which was a shame. 71) Australasian gannet Morus serrator 72) Common diving petrel Pelecanoides...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    1-3 June with some fine weather for once, I took the opportunity to hike up the Croesus Track inland from Greymouth in the Paparoa National Park, and stay for two nights in a DoC hut above the tree-line. There is a pair of great spotted kiwi holding a territory right around the hut area but...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    31 May being winter and Reefton, it hasn't stopped raining for the week since I arrived, but today we went for a drive to the coastal town of Greymouth to do some shopping. Not being much of a shopper (or rather, being a very fast in-and-out shopper not a slow browser) I spent most of my time...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    23 May moving on from Christchurch I ended up in the mountain town of Reefton where my mother and one of my sisters live. In my mother's garden there is a selection of weka who fossick for food amongst the plants and come running to the door hoping for a hand-out whenever anyone steps outside...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    18 May wandering round Christchurch for the last couple of days looking for grey warblers, little black shags and black-billed gulls for my friend came up empty, but at night in the Travis Wetland we did find mammal number five for my year list 5) Brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    16 May I was staying in Christchurch with a friend and former colleague (before our place of work was destroyed in the aforementioned earthquake). He has recently become a birder (of course, because why would you not?) so we went for a wander to the Styx Mill Reserve today to find a pheasant...
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    Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things

    15 May a friend back in Christchurch sent me a text saying that a few days before he had seen a wierd-looking duck at suburban Horseshoe Lake, and that a consultation with his field guide back home led him to the belief that it was a male Australian wood duck. Horsehoe Lake is well-known for...
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