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Reviews & trip reports
Massive storm on Stewart Island. Torrential rain, high winds, and rough sea. First two days birding consisted of watching from the safety and relative comfort of my hotel room. I became familiar with
3 Variable Oyster-catchers, and numerous Black-billed gulls that claimed the foreshore as their own. It was actually quite intriguing watching them over an extended period.
When the weather improved, I went to Ulva Island and had a good hike around. Generally, on Ulva Island and on the main island, I think the birds were still shell-shocked from the storm. Certainly, on the main island, I did not see /hear the considerable birdlife that I had remembered from our visit about 20 yrs ago.
On Ulva I saw Saddleback, Kaka, Bellbird Tui, Kereru, South Island Robin, South Island Tomtit, Pied Fantail and Black Fantail, Parakeets, ( but not sufficient time to identify whether they were red or yellow crowned) Weka, and a pair of Variable Oystercatchers on the beach beside the jetty. Apparently, this was their territory, and where they bred each year. I heard a rifleman but just missed seeing it. It was seen by two other people who were also present with me.
Barbara Lovatt, R&R, Wairarapa, OSNZ, July, 2007
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