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The birds of Waimea Inlet

Notornis, 32 (4), 271-309

Owen, K.L., Sell, M.G. (1985)

Article Type: Paper

Monthly bird counts were made at low tide in 14 tidal zones at Waimea Inlet, Nelson, from August 1976 to July 1978. Other records, extending from 1955 to 1984, are included. Seventy-five species were recorded: 52 estuarine species on the tidal flats and saltmarsh and 23 non-estuarine species on the inlet and its immediate shoreline. For the estuarine species, the frequency of sightings, use of tidal zones, numbers of birds, seasonal changes in numbers, distribution, breeding status, and habits are given. The numbers of birds at the inlet were highest from March to June in 1977 and 1978, owing to a winter increase in numbers of the South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Southern Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus) and Red-billed Gull (L. novaehollandiae). Of the Northern Hemisphere migratory waders in summer, the most common were the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa Iapponica) and the Knot (Calidris canutus). The use of each tidal zone varied considerably month by month, some zones being notable for a high number of species, others for the particular species they attracted, often regularly. The information collected demonstrates the importance of the inlet to a wide variety of bird species.

Comparative biology of the burrowing petrels of the Crozet Islands

Notornis, 32 (3), 157-220

P. Jouventin, J.-L. Mougin, J.-C. Stahl, H. Weimerskirch (1985)

Article Type: Paper

This paper presents, as well as some earlier data, the results of a study of the burrowing petrels of the Crozet Islands (South Indian Ocean) made during the East Island expedition of September 1981 to February 1982.  The 16 petrels are discussed and analysed in the following taxonomic groups: 4 gadfly petrels, 5 prions, 2 Procellaria petrels, 3 storm petrels and 2 diving petrels. For each group, biometric data and the breeding biology of each species are given. The timing of events (first return to land, laying, hatching, fledging), nest reoccupation, incubation schedule, chick growth and chick-feeding pattern were the main study topics.  Abundance cycles during pairing, temporary egg desertions, nest selection, comparison with other localities and particularly ecological segregation of the petrels are discussed.

Henderson Island

Notornis, 32 (1), 83

W.R.P. Bourne, A.C.F. David (1985)

Article Type: Letter

The predators of eggs and chicks of Greenfinches in a mixed farming area in Hawke’s Bay

Notornis, 32 (2), 95-100

J.A. McLennan, B.W.H. MacMillan (1985)

Article Type: Paper

Experiments were undertaken to identify the animals responsible for attacks on nests of Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) on a mixed farm in Hawke’s Bay. Nests encased in wiremesh, which excluded all potential predators except mice, suffered no egg losses. Tracking papers placed on wooden poles leading to nests were marked by rats twice. Two ship rats (Rattus rattus) were killed at nests with eggs injected with strychnine. Mustelids destroyed one clutch of eggs and were probably responsible for most of the predations on young. The experiments did not test whether Harriers (Circus approximans) or other birds were involved.

A Cattle Egret

Notornis, 32 (3), 220

P. Child (1985)

Article Type: Short Note

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