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Moll's Eye View: Tamahunga Monitoring Tunnel line.

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Monday, July 6, 2015. Tamahunga Monitoring Tunnel line. Mt Tamahunga has some very steep terrain with ridges and valleys and streams. A 500 metre route was taken and laid out with tapes and tracking tunnels to monitor rats in this beautiful forest that could one day be teaming with native birds including kiwi and kokako. It took us seven hours to complete the line and walk out with the reward of a pizza and glass of wine which was well earned I think. Eliane checks notes and GPS.

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Moll's Eye View: Grotto

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Saturday, April 18, 2015. Auckland is a fascinating area for its volcanic history and features surrounding the city and today was a chance to visit the Grotto at Onehunga. Its thought that this feature was caused by a volcanic collapse over flowing larva. Geoff Ewen and Claire enjoying the shower! Forest and Bird- North Shore. New Zealand Native Forest Restoration Trust. Welcome to Moll's Eye View. Browns island - Hauraki Gulf. Bird Island - in the Kaipara.

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Moll's Eye View: Auckland NZ Dotterel Forum

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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Auckland NZ Dotterel Forum. I was pleased to be asked by Gwen Pulham to attend the Auckland NZ dotterel forum at Ambury Reserve on Monday 18th this week. Gwen had asked me to show the photos of the dotterel shelters and tell the story of how I came upon them to the audience of dotterel management groups including Tawharanui and Shakespear park. Well I'm off to Rotorua at the weekend to stay in a bach on the lake. Had better get my packing started. Forest and Bird- North Shore.

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Moll's Eye View: Ngataringa Bay

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Saturday, May 30, 2015. 119 south island pied oystercatcher and 60 wrybill in the foreground. Wrybill and south island oystercatchers take flight. The 2 black birds with the shorter heavier bills are Variable oystercatchers. Our interpretive signage at Shoal was a start along with trying to reduce dog disturbance on these shell banks particularly in the breeding season. Predator trapping is another possibility to help with nesting sites. Forest and Bird- North Shore. Welcome to Moll's Eye View.

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Moll's Eye View: FROG!

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. We were driving along a long straight country lane at the weekend when Eliane shouted out FROG! And immediately slammed on the brakes. My eyes fixed on the tiny shape in the road as we drove over it but quickly looking out of the back of the car I could see it was ok. Forest and Bird- North Shore. New Zealand Native Forest Restoration Trust. Welcome to Moll's Eye View. Miranda - June once more.

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Moll's Eye View: Beaches, Traps & Tina Turner

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Saturday, May 2, 2015. Beaches, Traps and Tina Turner. Now that should have you interested? Well this was a good day with friend Eliane and I checking the traps on the East coast below Mangawhai. We met up with Colleen and Guy who's land we have to cross to get to one of the beaches and Colleen invited us in to have our lunch in their rustic hideaway timber cottage. It was nice to catch up. We haven't met since summer 2014. I crawled into bed like a teenager just before mid -night! More photos to follow.

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Moll's Eye View: Wrybill

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. On the 21st of April I photographed three wrybill from my kayak on a shell bank with pied stilt in Shoal bay. Then at the weekend I discovered 60 on the shell bank at Ngataringa Bay at high tide. On returning at low tide there was no sign of them feeding in the estuary. In previous years I have seen them feeding on the Bayswater side of the estuary and at the western side of shoal bay towards the motorway. Forest and Bird- North Shore. New Zealand Native Forest Restoration Trust.

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Moll's Eye View: The Pink House

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Forest and Bird- North Shore. New Zealand Native Forest Restoration Trust. Welcome to Moll's Eye View. Auckland NZ Dotterel Forum. So this is what they eat! Beaches, Traps and Tina Turner.

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Moll's Eye View: Dotterel Shelters

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Saturday, May 16, 2015. In January 2009 I was exploring on the East coast and I came across this little shelter and a sign. I was amused by this and impressed too as the dotterels seemed to accept the protection from overhead predators and children using the beach. We have enjoyed many shared fun walks and kayaking adventures on both coastlines. Today we are back on the East coast. Dotterels and Hauturu Island in the late afternoon light. Dotterel already in breeding plumage. Forest and Bird- North Shore.