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Photos / Sounds 2 photos What Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) Observer ingerp Date August 26, 2018 11:30 AM NZST Place 2km NE Hanmer Springs (Google, OSM) Date Added August 28, 2018 04:59 PM NZST Description Two piles of feathers seen by biker on MTB track near Hanmer Springs. He'd just seen the poster about the search for the SI kokako and thought it might be from that. Two photos supplied. Shared on Trust's facebook page and suggestions include blackbird but more likely kiwi. ID please! 2 comments 3 IDs Research Grade View	4/9/18
Photos / Sounds No photos or sounds What South Island Kōkako (Callaeas cinereus) Observer ingerp Date August 2018 Place Kahurangi National Park, NZ-TS-TM, NZ-NE, NZ (Google, OSM) Date Added September 4, 2018 09:21 AM NZST Description 20 meters behind Gouland downs Hut on the Heaphy Track in amongst the forestry and tree. I saw the bird matching the pictures in the Heaphy Track huts. Didn’t think anything of it at the time other than it was a bit different. Didn’t hear it’s all but it was hoping along low branches and the forest floor. The bird was dark blue in colour and had an orange thingo under its beak. While standing I’d estimate that the bird was roughly a foot and quarter or a foot and a half tall. Just a rough estimate. Encounter was quite brief - only about 10 seconds so I didn’t really notice too much activity. It just flew onto a branch, did a couple of hops along a couple of branches and flew away again. The bird was roughly 15 meters away. Tags kokako, Heaphy, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi, Kahurangi National Park, Gouland Downs Hut 5 IDs View	4 /9/18

Observation

Date you are recording this entry

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Observer

ingerp

Date

August 26, 2018 11:30 AM NZST

Place

2km NE Hanmer Springs (Google, OSM)

Description

Two piles of feathers seen by biker on MTB track near Hanmer Springs. He'd just seen the poster about the search for the SI kokako and thought it might be from that.

Two photos supplied.

Shared on Trust's facebook page and suggestions include blackbird but more likely kiwi.

ID please!

Research Grade

View

4/9/18

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

South Island Kōkako (Callaeas cinereus)

Observer

ingerp

Date

August 2018

Place

Kahurangi National Park, NZ-TS-TM, NZ-NE, NZ (Google, OSM)

Description

20 meters behind Gouland downs Hut on the Heaphy Track in amongst the forestry and tree.
I saw the bird matching the pictures in the Heaphy Track huts. Didn’t think anything of it at the time other than it was a bit different. Didn’t hear it’s all but it was hoping along low branches and the forest floor.
The bird was dark blue in colour and had an orange thingo under its beak.
While standing I’d estimate that the bird was roughly a foot and quarter or a foot and a half tall. Just a rough estimate.
Encounter was quite brief - only about 10 seconds so I didn’t really notice too much activity. It just flew onto a branch, did a couple of hops along a couple of branches and flew away again. The bird was roughly 15 meters away.

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Comments

The date and time is automatically recorded for new observations, this would seem to be an unnecessary field, should I delete it?

Posted by tony_wills about 9 years ago