White NI fantail

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White NI fantail

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sun May 31, 2020 2:56 pm

A stunning, pure white fantail has been seen recently in Stratford. Observations on iNaturalist from 23 and 30 May.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/47080818
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/47774672
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Re: White NI fantail

Postby simon nicholas » Sun May 31, 2020 9:31 pm

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Re: White NI fantail

Postby simon nicholas » Sun May 31, 2020 9:36 pm

Fantail lives in King Edward Park Stratford. I found it close to the main entrance on Fenton St, between the netball courts and the river. It is often seen around the swing bridge a little bit further along.
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Re: White NI fantail

Postby David Riddell » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:00 am

A non-birding friend of Annette's who lives in Stratford has also spotted this little beauty and sees it regularly, most recently yesterday.
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Re: White NI fantail

Postby Colin Miskelly » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:19 am

Kia ora

Paul Le Roy has posted a very cute image of this bird on New Zealand Birds Online (it is showing as the last image in the gallery):

http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/new-zealand-fantail

Ngā mihi
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Re: White NI fantail

Postby Paul Gibson » Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:31 pm

The beautiful little bird put on a great display for us, both this morning, and this afternoon. Three times I saw a pied fantail attack it, and move it along, so the bird is alone. Very site faithful, always along the same stretch of river, although it disappeared for several hours around midday.

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Re: White NI fantail

Postby Nakilad » Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:45 pm

I made a trip to see this bird today. It appeared after only about a 20 minute wait. Thanks to the two local photographers for the help finding it. There were also plenty of other fantail, chaffinch, greenfinch and a juvenile pied shag, feeding and bathing near the river.
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