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Home   Oahu Checklist   Mountain Birding   Coastal Birding   North Shore   Offshore Honolulu       Offshore Kona   West Kauai   Your Guides   F A Q   Photo Gallery   Guestbook   Publications   Reservations	New Zealand Birding Trip Report March 07-30, 2005 TOTAL SPECIES SEEN - 73 Introduced species - 14 Native species -30 Endemic species - 29 The following species were observed at these locations: Auckland Domain Blackbird Rock Pigeon Feral Goose Mallard Common Myna Fantail Silvereye Black-backed Gull Pukeko Red-billed Gull Tiritiri Matangi Island   (This island is a must see!) Common Myna Fantail Black-backed Gull Pukeko Australasian Gannet New Zealand Kingfisher Blue Penguin Buller's Shearwater Spur-winged Plover White-fronted Tern Brown Teal Takahe Red-crowned Parakeet Whitehead North Island Robin Stitchbird North Island Kokako North Island Saddleback Bellbird Tui New Zealand Pigeon Rotorua area Mallard House Sparrow Chaffinch Starling Canada Goose Black Swan Feral Goose California Quail Magpie Little Shag Little Black Shag White-faced Heron Pukeko Welcome Swallow Pied Stilt New Zealand Dabchick New Zealand Scaup Huka Falls Fantail Whitehead Aratiatia Rapids Fantail Silvereye Tui Whitehead Bellbird Horohoro Bluffs Paradise Shellduck Lake Whakamaru Caspian Tern Australasian Harrier Coot Tongariro National Park Lake Rotoaira track New Zealand Pigeon Whitehead Bellbird Tui Grey Warbler Wakapanui Track Fantail Tomtit North Island Robin Grey Warbler Rifleman Manawatu Estuary Mallard Canada Goose Caspian Tern Pacific Golden Plover White-faced Heron Bar-tailed Godwit Pied Stilt Black-backed Gull Lesser Knot Australasian Harrier Variable Oystercatcher Wrybill Lake Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project Honeydew Track Bellbird Tui Tomtit Kaka -Watched a pair in tree for 20 minutes. South Island Robin Cape Foulwind (carpark) Weka Oakarito Lagoon Banded Dotterel Pied Stilt Caspian Tern Bar-tailed Godwit Little Black Shag White Heron South Island Pied Oystercatcher Variable Oystercatcher Fox Glacier Kea   (2 birds perched in large tree stump) Fiordland National Park Waiau River Fantail New Zealand Falcon (Watched a NZ Falcon chasing a Spur-winged Plover for 15 minutes back and forth over the Waiau River) Tomtit South Island Robin Grey Warbler Lake Gunn Fantail Tomtit Bellbird Rifleman Knobbs Flat, Eglington Valley New Zealand Falcon  (Flew across road and landed in tree) Milford Sound White Heron Homer Tunnel Area - car park Kea (With injured foot) Riverton Ruddy Turnstone Banded Dotterel Spotted Shag Monkey Island Black-fronted Tern White-fronted Tern Otatara Fernbird to see the NZ Fernbird you should visit this site: http://www.fernbirds.co.nz Otago Peninsula Yellowhammer Royal Albatross Royal Spoonbill Stewart Island Shag Yellow-eyed Penguin Ahuriri Estuary New Zealand Kingfisher Miranda Seabird Center Banded Rail Pied Stilt Bar-tailed Godwit Wrybill Notes: The weather was great. 23 days with only two mornings of rain. But be prepared for the South Island sandflies by wearing long sleeve shirts and long pants. Even if you only have a limited amount of time in New Zealand, I would highly recommend to visit at least the following locations: Tiritiri Matangi Island Tongariro National Park Manawatu Estuary Lake Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project Oakarito Lagoon Fiordland National Park Otatara Otago Peninsula Miranda Seabird Center ALOHA Michael Walther Oahu Nature Tours    Phone: 808-924-2473      Fax: 808-924-5395 E-mail: natureguide@oahunaturetours.com ©  Hawaii Birding Tours, Inc., 1995