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Classic opening sentences to a 1968 Notornis paper

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Colin Miskelly
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Classic opening sentences to a 1968 Notornis paper

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Geoff Harrow writing in 'Marsh sandpiper at Orowaiti Lagoon':

"On the afternoon of 5/5/68, I was observing an Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) feeding in a brackish pool by the rubbish dump in the Orowaiti Lagoon near Westport. A strange, very much smaller wader, came into my viewing field."

https://doi.org/10.63172/676930titupe
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Mike Bickerdike
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Re: Classic opening sentences to a 1968 Notornis paper

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Fascinating that Harrow saw the marsh sandpiper as highly reportable, while the red-necked avocet got only a passing mention. NZ Birds Online reports there have been only 4 records of avocets in NZ between 1870 and 1970, and none since then.
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andrewcrossland
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Re: Classic opening sentences to a 1968 Notornis paper

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Yes but wasn’t that avocet famously there for quite a long time, so Geoff was more interested in the new bird that appeared.
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