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Ornithology post-grads 2002

Southern Bird, 11 (Sep), 6-7

E.C. Young (2002)

Article Type: Article

Westland petrels and hoki fishery waste: opportunistic use of a readily available resource?

Notornis, 49 (3), 139-144

A.N.D. Freeman; K.-J. Wilson (2002)

Article Type: Paper

The importance of fisheries waste in the diet of Westland petrels (Procellaria westlandica) was assessed using 3 different techniques. Dietary studies showed that during the hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) fishing season (mid June – early September), fish waste formed c. 63% of the solid food brought back to the colony and fed to chicks. After the hoki season, fisheries waste contributed only c. 25% to the diet. A survey of Westland petrels at sea found that, although vessels fishing for hoki influence the petrels’ distribution, only a small proportion of the population appears to use this food resource at any one time. Satellite tracking showed that, on average, birds spent 1/3rd of each foraging trip near vessels, but they foraged over much wider areas than those occupied by the fishing fleets. Although fishery waste now forms a substantial component of the Westland petrel’s diet, the situation suggests opportunistic use of a readily available resource, rather than dependence.

Egmont black petrels

Southern Bird, 10 (Jun), 9-9

D. Medway (2002)

Article Type: Article

Size and scope of the bird collections of New Zealand museums

Notornis, 48 (2), 108-110

B.J. Gill (2001)

Article Type: Short Note

Reportable rare birds

Southern Bird, 7 (Sep), 6-6

D. Medway (2001)

Article Type: Article

Survival and reproductive success of stitchbird (hihi, Notiomystis cincta) suffering from a bill abnormality (oral fistula)

Notornis, 48 (4), 241-244

I. Castro; J. Taylor (2001)

Article Type: Short Note

The occurrence of Wilson’s storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) in New Zealand waters

Notornis, 48 (1), 54-55

C. Petyt (2001)

Article Type: Short Note

Postgraduate students in ornithology in New Zealand universities: 2001

Southern Bird, 8 (Dec), 14-15

E.C. Young (2001)

Article Type: Article

Courting Terns

Southern Bird, 6 (Jun), 3-3

H. Clifford (2001)

Article Type: Article

Dive duration and some diving rhythms of the New Zealand king shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus)

Notornis, 48 (3), 177-178

D. Brown (2001)

Article Type: Short Note

Black-fronted Dotterels breeding at Mangere

Southern Bird, 8 (Dec), 7-7

B. Gill (2001)

Article Type: Article

Black-billed gulls hawking cicadas over shrubland

Notornis, 48 (2), 111-112

D. Brown (2001)

Article Type: Short Note

OSNZ now has a Scientific Committee

Southern Bird, 7 (Sep), 3-3

D. Medway; K.J. Wilson (2001)

Article Type: article

A fossil vertebrate fauna accumulated by laughing owls (Sceloglaux albifacies) on the Gouland Downs, northwest Nelson, South Island

Notornis, 48 (4), 225-233

T.H. Worthy (2001)

Article Type: Paper

A rich fossil fauna accumulated by laughing owls (Sceloglaux albifacies) during the Holocene, is described from GD101 Cave, on the Gouland Downs, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand. Twenty-eight species of bird, a tuatara, 3 frogs, at least 4 geckos, 1 skink, 2 bats, and 2 fish contribute to the species diversity. The fauna includes the first inland fossil record of New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus). The taphonomy of the deposit and the diet of the owl are discussed.