Regional Big Day records

[George Hobson]

Hey all,

I'm just compiling a list of all the regional big day records for the upcoming Birdathon, and would appreciate some help.
So far I've got:

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If anyone has a record that isn't there, or some more information that is currently questioned marked, or a correction to the current records etc, if you could share it here or PM me that would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

[mark ayre]

in our team the otago owls there was petrina duncan and grant maslowski

[Davidthomas]

The Hawkes bay one was myself, Russel Cannings, Matthias Dehling and Harry Boorman

[George Hobson]

Cheers

[RussCannings]

Hi george,

The Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Southland records are all from me (Jukka Jantunen was also part of the Southland one). Also on our recent trip David, Harry, Matthias and I recorded 85 species in Gisborne in around 19 hours.

I would assume Ken George has the Tasman record and there would be a number of top Canty contenders.

Russ C
Cambridge

[sav]

Hey George,

What about Regional life list totals? In Britain, County lists are very keenly contested, as are State and county lists in the US.

I've only lived in Hawkes Bay for 3 years but have birded here quite a bit in the past. My list of 128 will surely be way below the Twydles and others, but does include some mega-rarities: Lesser Yellowlegs, Cape Gannet for starters.

I guess my Manawatu list would stand less chance of being beaten : 135 (including 113 at Foxton Beach). Any takers??

cheers

[Liam Ballard]

I reckon Sav has a good point (not that I have a snowball's chance)

[Michael]

I can give 51 for Northland but I am sure somebody can beat that....

[RussCannings]

Could be a fun thing to keep track of Sav--thanks to that great Mahia pelagic I'm hot on your tracks in Hawkes Bay (125) but I'm still in the 90s for Manawatu. eBird tracks these totals for individual years and life-lists for anyone interested. Here is a link to the Manawatu standings for those interested in playing around (You don't need an eBird login to view them):

http://ebird.org/ebird/top100?locInfo.r ... &year=AAAA

[harryhatman]

Ive had 72 birds in 24 hours within Auckland in 2015.

Thanks

Harry