Rabbit Island Estuary

Pied Shag (A) Little Shag (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Black Swan (MF J) Canada Goose (A) Paradise Shellduck (M F MF chicks) Mallard (M F) Grey Duck (MF) Australasian Shoveler (M F MF) Grey Teal (A) Australasian Harrier (A) California Quail (M F) Pukeko (A J) Variable Oystercatcher (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Pied Stilt (A) Hybrid Pied/Black Stilt (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) Black-Billed Gull (A) Feral Pigeon (A MM) Welcome Swallow (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A (smacking snail)) Skylark (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Greenfinch (A) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F)

Abel Tasman

Little Shag (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Black Swan (A) Paradise Shellduck (M F) Grey Duck (A) Australasian Harrier (A) New Zealand Falcon (A) California Quail (M F) Pukeko (A) Variable Oystercatcher (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) New Zealand Pigeon (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F)

Golden Bay & Farewell Spit

Black-Browed Mollymawk (A J (during storm)) Sooty Shearwater (1000+ Flock) Australasian Gannet (A) Black Shag (A) Pied Shag (A) Little Black Shag (A) Little Shag (A) Spotted Shag (A J colony) White-Faced Heron (A) Royal Spoonbill (A) Black Swan (1000+ Flocks) Canada Goose (A) Domestic Duck (M F) Paradise Shellduck (M F) Mallard (M F) Grey Duck (A) New Zealand Scaup (M F) Australasian Harrier (A) California Quail (M F (AbundAnt Flocks)) Pukeko (A J) Pied Oystercatcher (A) Variable Oystercatcher (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Pied Stilt (A J) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) Caspian Tern (A) Arctic Tern (rare vagrant) (A, transition plumage, following storm) New Zealand Pigeon (A) Kaka (A) Kingfisher (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Silvereye (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A (smacking snail)) New Zealand Pipit (A) Fantail (A) Tui (A) Bellbird (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Greenfinch (A) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F)

Marlborough Sounds

Black Shag (A) Little Shag (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Black Swan (A MF chicks) Paradise Shellduck (M F) Mallard (M F) Grey Duck (A) Australasian Harrier (A) New Zealand Falcon (A) California Quail (M F) Pukeko (A) Variable Oystercatcher (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) Black-Billed Gull (A) New Zealand Pigeon (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Silvereye (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A) Tui (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F)

Cook Straight

Shy Mollymawk (A) Fluttering Shearwater (A) Cape Pigeon (A) Australasian Gannet (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) White-Fronted Tern (A colony) Feral Pigeon (A)

Karori Sanctuary

White-Faced Heron (A) Grey Duck (MF ducklings) New Zealand Scaup (M F) Pukeko (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Silvereye (A) Grey Warbler (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A) Whitehead (A) Fantail (A) New Zealand Robin (A) Tui (A) Stitchbird (F) Bellbird (A) Saddleback (North Island) (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F)

Manuwata Estuary

Little Shag (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Mallard (M F) Grey Duck (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F)

Kapiti Coast

Australasian Gannet (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Canada Goose (A) Feral Goose (A) Domestic Duck (M F) Domestic Chicken (M F) Domestic Emu (chicks) Paradise Shellduck (M F) Mallard (M F) Grey Duck (A) Australasian Shoveler (A) Australasian Harrier (A) Fing-Necked Pheasant (F) Pukeko (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) New Zealand Pigeon (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A) Skylark (A) Bellbird (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F) Myna (A) Australian Magpie (A) Rook (A)

Kapiti Island

Little Spotted Kiwi (F M) Blue-Penguin (A) Australasian Gannet (A) Black Shag (A) Pied Shag (A) Little Shag (A) White-Faced Heron (A) Royal Spoonbill (MF nesting) Paradise Shellduck (M F) Grey Duck (A) Brown Teal (A) Australasian Harrier (A) Weka (M F chicks) Takahe (MF) Pukeko (A) Variable Oystercatcher (A) Spur-Winged Plover (A) Black-Backed Gull (A) Red-Billed Gull (A) White-Fronted Tern (A) New Zealand Pigeon (A) Kaka (A) Red-Crowned Parakeet (A) Long-Tailed Cuckoo (A) Morepork ((sound only)) Kingfisher (A) Welcome Swallow (A) Silvereye (A) Grey Warbler (A) Blackbird (M F) Song Thrush (A) New Zealand Pipit (A) Whitehead (A) Fantail (A) New Zealand Robin (A) Tui (A) Bellbird (A) Saddleback (North Island) (A) House Sparrow (M F) Chaffinch (M F) Goldfinch (M F) Yellowhammer (A) Starling (M F)

Downtown Sydney

Silver Gull

Australian White Ibis

Masked Lapwing (Spurwinged Plover)

Feral Pigeon

Sulpher-Crested Cockatoo

Rainbow Lorikeet

Willie Wagtail *

Australian Raven

Common Myna

House Sparrow (M F)

Taronga Zoo and Wildlife World

Birds sighted in captivity in the Sydney Taronga Zoo (Tuesday Nov 3), plus species sighted at Sydney Wildlife World and Aquarium (Monday Nov 2)

Southern Cassowary (F -WW only)

Chukar

Indian PeafowlM F (M F)

Wild Turkey (A J)

Red Jungle Fowl

Chicken

Fjordland (Crested) Penguin (A)

Little (Blue) Penguin (A)

Little Pied Cormorant

Australasian Grebe

Plumed Whistling Duck (WW & Zoo)

Pacific Black Duck (WW & Zoo)

Australian Wood Duck* (M F)

Buff-Banded Rail (WW & Zoo)

Pied Heron (B)

Great Egret

Glossy Ibis

Australian White Ibis (B/NB -WW & Zoo)

Brolga*

Bush Stone-Curlew (Thick-Kneed Curlew) (WW & Zoo)

Masked Lapwing (Spurwinged Plover) (WW & Zoo)

Banded Lapwing

Silver Gull (A J -WW & Zoo)

Whistling Kite

Superb Fruit-Dove (M)

Pied Imperial-Pigeon

Rose-Crowned Fruit-Dove (M)

Topknot Pigeon*

Spotted Turtle Dove

Brown Cuckoo-Dove (MF)

Feral Pigeon (WW & Zoo)

White-Headed Pigeon*

Peaceful Dove

Emerald Dove

Brush Bronzewing*

Crested Pigeon*

Wonga Pigeon*

Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo*

Gang-Gang Cockatoo* (M F)

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

Galah* (WW & Zoo)

Major Mitchell's (Pink) Cockatoo*

Eclectus Parrot (M F)

Rainbow Lorikeet (WW & Zoo)

Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet*

Double-Eyed Fig-Parrot

Musk Lorikeet*

Australian King Parrot* (M F)

Superb Parrot*

Crimson Rosella* (M)

Eastern Rosella*

Red-Rumped Parrot*

Barking Owl

Barn Owl

Tawny Frogmouth* ( -WW only)

Dollarbird

Laughing Kookaburra*

Sacred Kingfisher (New Zealand: Kingfisher, Kotare)

Noisy Pitta

Superb Lyrebird* (M)

Red Wattlebird* (A J -WW & Zoo)

Striped Honeyeater

Regent Honeyeater* (M F)

Noisy Miner*

Eastern Whipbird*

White-Browed Babbler*

Hoded Robin*

Australian (Yellow) Figbird

Paradise Riflebird*

Regent Bowerbird*

Satin Bowerbird*

Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike (M F)

White-Browed Wood-Swallow*

Australian Magpie

Welcome Swallow

Clamorous (Australian) Reed-Warbler

House Sparrow (M F -WW & Zoo)

Double-Barred Finch*

Zebra Finch (M F -WW only)

Black-Headed Mannikin

Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin

Silvereye (WW & Zoo)

Red-Whiskered Bulbul

Metallic Starling

Common Myna

Non-Australian-Native Birds:

Java Sparrow

Mandarin Duck

Nicobar Pigeon

Red Lory (MF w/ nest (chicks audible))

Pekin Robin

King Quail

Luzon Bleeding-Heart Pigeon

White-Bibbed Ground Dove

Kalij Pheasant (M F)

Golden Pheasant (M F JM)

Victoria-Crowned Pigeon

White Dove

Sapphire Coast

Birds sighted during a trip along NSW's Sapphire Coast, south from Sydney to Batesman's Bay and back again, on Saturday Oct 31st and Sunday Nov 1st. We stopped at: Coomerong Island Nature Reserve (Saturday and Sunday), Murramarang National Park (overnight on Saturday, birdwatching Sunday morning), Booderee National Park and Botanical Gardens (Sunday), the town park in the center of Nowra, NSW. Total of 70 birds sighted.

Emu (dom, Sunday drive)

Chicken (dom, drive - both days)

Australian Pelican* (B/NB, drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days)

Little Pied Cormorant (Comerong Island - Saturday)

Little Black Cormorant (Comerong Island - both days)

Great Cormorant (Saturday drive, Comerong Island - both days)

Domestic Goose (dom, Sunday drive)

Muscovy Duck (feral, Nowra Town Park)

Pacific Black Duck (Comerong Island - both days, Nowra Town Park)

Chestnut Teal* (M F, Comerong Island - both days, Nowra Town Park)

Hardhead (White-Eyed Duck) (M F, Booderee Park)

Australian Wood Duck* (M F, Comerong Island - both days, Nowra Town Park)

Dusky Moorhen (Nowra Town Park)

Eurasian Coot (MF w/ 2 chicks, Nowra Town Park)

White-Necked Heron* (Saturday drive)

White-Faced Heron (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days)

Great Egret (Comerong Island - Sunday)

Cattle Egret (B/NB, drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days)

Australian White Ibis (B/NB, drive - both days, Comerong Island - Saturday)

Eastern Curlew (Comerong Island - Sunday)

Sooty Oystercatcher (Murramarang Park)

Masked Lapwing (Spurwinged Plover) (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Nowra Town Park)

Silver Gull (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Grey Goshawk (drive - both days)

Swamp Harrier (New Zealand: Australasian Harrier, Kahu) (M F, Comerong Island - Sunday)

Nankeen Kestrel (Comerong Island - Saturday)

Feral Pigeon (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Bar-Shouldered Dove (Comerong Island - both days)

Crested Pigeon* (Comerong Island - both days)

Glossy Black Cockatoo* (Booderee Park)

Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo* (Booderee Park)

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (drive - both days)

Galah* (drive - both days)

Long-Billed Corella* (Sunday drive)

Rainbow Lorikeet (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park)

Australian King Parrot* (M F, Saturday drive)

Crimson Rosella* (M, Saturday drive)

Common Koel (M calling, Nowra Town Park)

Laughing Kookaburra* (drive - both days, Comerong Island - Sunday, Booderee Park)

Sacred Kingfisher (New Zealand: Kingfisher, Kotare) (Comerong Island - Saturday, Murramarang Park)

Superb Fairy-Wren* (M F, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park)

Varigated Fairy -Wren* (M F MF actively mating, Booderee Park)

Spotted Pardalote* (M, Murramarang Park)

Brown Thornbill* (Comerong Island - Saturday, Murramarang Park)

Yellow (Little) Thornbill* (Comerong Island - Saturday)

Red Wattlebird* (A J, drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Noisy Friarbird* (Murramarang Park)

Noisy Miner* (Saturday drive, Murramarang Park)

Lewin's Honeyeater* (Comerong Island - both days, Booderee Park)

Yellow-Faced Honeyeater* (Murramarang Park)

Eastern Spinebill* (M F, Murramarang Park)

Eastern Yellow Robin* (Murramarang Park)

Grey Fantail (Sunday drive, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park)

Willie Wagtail (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Magpie Lark (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike (M F, Murramarang Park)

Dusky Woodswallow* (Murramarang Park)

Australian Magpie (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Pied Currawong (Saturday drive)

Australian Raven (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Fairy Martin (Murramarang Park)

Welcome Swallow (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Nowra Town Park)

Australian Pipit (Comerong Island - both days)

House Sparrow (M F, drive - both days, Comerong Island - Sunday, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

European Goldfinch (Saturday drive, Comerong Island - both days)

Silvereye (Comerong Island - Sunday)

Red-Whiskered Bulbul (Comerong Island - Sunday)

European BlackbirdF (Nowra Town Park)

Common Myna (drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Common Starling (M F, drive - both days, Comerong Island - both days, Murramarang Park, Booderee Park, Nowra Town Park)

Also sighted:

Swamp Wallaby (Murramarang Park)

Eastern Grey Kangaroo (M F, F w/joey, J, Murramarang Park)

Feral Rabbit (Murramarang Park)

Brush-Tailed Possum (Murramarang Park)

Short-Beaked Echidna (Booderee Park)

Three-toed Skink (Nowra Town Park)

Water Dragon (Booderee Park)

Several unidentified small lizards (Coomerong Island)

Darling Harbour & Surrounds

Little Black Cormorant (aka New Zealand Little Black Shag)

Australian White Ibis

Silver Gull (aka New Zealand Red-Billed Gull)

Rainbow Lorikeet

Indian Myna

Australian Myna

Australian Raven

Feral Pigeon

House Sparrow (M F)

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Downtown Sydney, Darling Harbour

Chestnut Teal (MF)

Little Black Cormorant (aka New Zealand Little Black Shag)

Australian White Ibis

Silver Gull (aka New Zealand Red-Billed Gull)

Red Wattlebird

Feral Pigeon

House Sparrow (M F)

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Tahuha Torea Reserve, Auckland

Little Shag (A J nest sitting, all phases, newly hatched through fully fledged young)

White-Faced Heron

Paradise Shellduck (M F) *

Mallard (M F domestic hybrids)

Grey Duck (M F)

Australasian Harrier

Fing-Necked Pheasant (F)

Pukeko (A J)

Black-Backed Gull

Red-Billed Gull

Caspian Tern

New Zealand Pigeon *

Feral Pigeon

Kingfisher

Welcome Swallow

Silvereye

Blackbird (M F)

Whitehead *

Fantail

Tui *

Bellbird (M F) *

House Sparrow (M F)

Chaffinch (M F)

Starling

Myna

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Tiritiri Matangi Sanctuary

Australasian Gannet

Pied Shag

Brown Teal *

Brown Quail (A J)

Takahe *

Pukeko

Variable Oystercatcher *

Black-Backed Gull

Red-Billed Gull

White-Fronted Tern (colony) *

New Zealand Pigeon *

Feral Pigeon

Red-Crowned Parakeet

Morepork

Kingfisher

Welcome Swallow

Blackbird (M F)

Song Thrush

Fernbird *

Whitehead *

New Zealand Robin *

Kokako (mated pair) *

Tui *

Stitchbird (M F) *

Bellbird (M F) *

Saddleback (North Island) *

House Sparrow (M F)

Starling

Myna (mated pair)

Australian Magpie

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Tiritiri Matangi Sanctuary

Little Spotted Kiwi (sound only) *

Blue-Penguin

Australasian Gannet (fishing)

Pied Shag

Little Black Shag *

Paradise Shellduck (mated pair, 5 chicks) *

Brown Teal *

Brown Quail (A J)

Takahe *

Pukeko

Spur-Winged Plover (mated pair)

Black-Backed Gull

Red-Billed Gull

Feral Pigeon

Red-Crowned Parakeet

Kingfisher

Welcome Swallow

Blackbird (M F)

Song Thrush (A J- barely fledged, tail-less)

Whitehead *

New Zealand Robin *

Tui *

Stitchbird (M F) *

Bellbird (M F) *

Saddleback (North Island) *

House Sparrow (M F)

Yellowhammer (M F)

Starling

Myna

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Downtown Auckland

Black-Backed Gull

Red-Billed Gull

Common Myna

Feral Pigeon

House Sparrow (M, F)

Dunnock

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Hotel Balcony

Spotted Shag *

Black-Backed Gull (nest-sitting)

Feral Pigeon

Dunnock

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Tiritiri Matangi Island, including ferry ride

Buller's Shearwater *

Australasian Gannet

Pied Shag

Pukeko

Red-Billed Gull

New Zealand Pigeon *

Feral Pigeon

Red-Crowned Parakeet

Blackbird

Whitehead *

Tui *

Bellbird *

Saddleback (North Island subspecies) *

Myna (M&F)

Black-Backed Gull

Stitchbird (nestbuilding!) * (M, F, M&F)

Takahe * (M, F)

Goldfinch (M, F)

Variable Oystercatcher * (M&F)

Fernbird (auditory spotting only) *

* (indicates an endemic)

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Auckland, between airport and hotel

Pukeko

Black-Backed Gull

Red-Billed Gull

Feral Pigeon

Blackbird

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