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Exploring the Avian World of the Beautiful East Cape
Twelve enthusiastic birders and a wonderful family of five embarked on a journey to the Gisborne and East Cape region of New Zealand to participate
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Red-eyed Leaf Frog
Its been a while; Costa Rica
The call-up from a friend came. Next thing I was in the plane to San Jose. From hotel verandah and out over the gardens, first
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Trip to Subantarctic Islands
Subantarctic Islands Happily the weather was perfect for our Heritage trip to the Snares Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands and Bounty Islands. Rock
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Fiordland September 2021
Fiordland Adventure September 2021 Our group of 9 enjoyed a 10 day excursion to deep in the Fiordland Sounds where we spent our time aboard
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Sea Voyage to the Kermadec Islands and Beyond
Here’s an excerpt from Scott Brook’s summary of our trip to the Kermadecs. Its wellwritten and deserves recognition on this site.”On Friday 26th March 2021,
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Two weeks and returned from Great Barrier Island
We started with a brief hunt for the Marsh Sandpiper at Ahuriri in Hawkes Bay. It took a while, but declared its presence after an
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Chasing down a Rare Vagrant Bird.
Whilst watching “the Chase” yesterday, one of the quiz questions was “what is a bird that wanders off it’s migratory path called” 1 Wanderer, 2
Hunt for the Great Spotted Kiwi
We were keen to find this, most difficult of iconic Aotearoa birds. Leaving after dark we wound our way up a remote West Coast track
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Blog It’s been with trepidation that we ventured across the Tasman and Australia to Perth where our son’s family live. Of course I have used
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Our World
It has taken us a while to get this blog up and running. It is important to realise the changes happening in the world