New Zealand eBird Checklist S43587961

Observations

1. Paradise Shelduck

   Number observed:  3

2. New Zealand Pigeon

   Number observed:  10

3. Weka

   Number observed:  22

   Details

   These birds seemed to be one every beach at low tide. They also were on a couple of hikes, as well as at the hut in Deas Bay

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4. Variable Oystercatcher

   Number observed:  9

5. Silver Gull (Red-billed)

   Number observed:  60

6. Kelp Gull

   Number observed:  9

7. White-fronted Tern

   Number observed:  45

8. Gray-headed Albatross

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   I based my identification of this bird based on the larger(extending farther back) dark leading edge on wings, the gray head without the whitish forehead of the Bullers. The incomplete white eye ring also does not extend past the lower half of the eye.

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9. Buller's Albatross

   Number observed:  7

10. White-capped Albatross

    Number observed:  3

11. Sooty Shearwater

    Number observed:  200

12. Fluttering Shearwater

    Number observed:  4

13. shearwater sp.

    Number observed:  100

14. Pied Cormorant

    Number observed:  4

15. Great Egret

    Number observed:  1

16. Tui

    Number observed:  1

17. New Zealand Bellbird

    Number observed:  5

18. Tomtit (New Zealand)

    Number observed:  6