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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby CMKMStephens » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:34 pm

At Midland Park, Lambton Quay on Saturday, watched sparrows drinking nectar from the kōwhai trees like small unexciting fake bellbirds. Didn't realise that they did that.
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby Peter Hodge » Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:55 pm

Walking home from work, I saw a Falcon launch from a pohutakawa tree by Calabar Rd, Miramar, near the airport runway. It flew low over the houses towards the Miramar shops.
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby Olwen » Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:06 am

Oh dear! It should stay away from the airport runway.
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby George Hobson » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:18 pm

Not bang smack in the city, but still an interesting sighting...
Some of my friends and I happened upon a super chilled out Kārearea in Zealandia, looks like a juvie male.
It happily sat on the fence about a meter away from this large crowd, until a tourist walked straight in front and spooked it off :|

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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby CMKMStephens » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:57 am

That first photo is phenomenal, such a slam dunk to get a cooperative kārearea!
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby Colin Miskelly » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:19 am

Alan Tennyson & I observed a kereru from our office window this morning, flying over Pukeahu War Memorial Park. They are a rare bird over this side of the city.
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby Colin Miskelly » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:42 am

Another falcon sighting from home this morning (Mt Cook, Wellington). Probably the same young male seen several times over the past 2 months. We usually see an average of one per year from home, but this is the fifth sighting this year (one of an adult pair), plus two sightings from or near work (1 km away).

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PS - and seen again from work late afternoon!
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby CMKMStephens » Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:45 pm

Anyone know this dunnock? Has a band: https://i.imgur.com/ajUn8u2.jpg - photo along the Zealandia fencline.

In other Karori news, loads of kākā around Karori today. Three at the bus stop near my flat, another one at Gipps Street, then at least a dozen (with up to 10 flying together) around the fenceline at Wrights hill. https://imgur.com/a/VUNNf
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby George Hobson » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:37 pm

Could well have been me who banded it, haha.
There's a passerine banding group in Wellington - we set up mist nets and basically catch any passerines that we manage to catch, incl Dunnocks. So my money's on the fact that one of us banded it...
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Re: Wellington City biodiversity

Postby Colin Miskelly » Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:56 pm

Another 'office window' falcon sighting this afternoon (5th since July). Charly Bost and I watched one (possibly the same immature male) stoop at a flock of little black shags departing the Zealandia roost on 3 Oct. Zealandia is approx. 2 km from my office at top of Tory St.

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