7th July 2020 Just when you thought it was safe to forget about Pacific Golden Plovers, after two months of radio silence one of the six tags we deployed this season seems to be working again. After hearing nothing from
Another Kuriri update
New season Pacific Golden Plover checks in
8th June 2020 After more than two months of radio silence since leaving Pūkorokoro we’ve finally heard from one of this season’s six tagged Kuriri. Ra – who was named after the sun – has reported in from Alaska. As
3 New Kuriri and JoJo sneaks back
30th March 2020 It has been a hugely exciting time for the Pacific Golden Plover/Kuriri Project. First, with our last catching attempt of the season, we caught three more of these elusive birds – nicknamed Kowhai, Ra and Ahi –
Meet the 3 new Kuriri Explorers
3rd December 2019 The latest stage of our project to find out more about our Pacific Golden Plovers has been successfully completed. A combined team of banders from the Shorebird Centre and four experienced PGP catchers from Brigham Young University,
JoJo Broadcasting from Tonga
23rd November 2019 Our team of volunteers is about to assemble to try to catch seven more Pacific Golden Plover so we can fit them with satellite tags and hopefully fill in all the blanks in what we know about
Flung Scarf of Wrybill
by Kirsten Strom 23rd October 2019 2019 is our Year of the Wrybill. A year to lift the profile this iconic New Zealand bird which we share with our South Island braided river friends. In the winter months nearly half
2019 is our Year of the Wrybill.
26th October 2019 WRYBILL for Bird of the Year! It’s time supporters! Voting is open and we would love your help making Wrybill / Ngutu Parore Bird of the Year!Vote WRYBILL for Bird of the Year This year we have
Pūkorokoro Miranda eNEWS October 2019
15th October 2019 We now have lots of our Arctic migrants ‘home’. At the last count there were 4,150 godwit, 1,080 red knot and 16 Pacific golden plover. We are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of JoJo, Amanda and wee
And the Southern Migration Begins
2nd October 2019 An update from Lee Tibbitts at the US Geological Survey on the 23rd September 2019 confirmed that JoJo had left Alaska, flew over the Hawaiian Islands and then stopped, at least for a time at Teraina (or
Anticipation for the Homeward Journey
23rd August 2019 The transmitters have started to send data more frequently in anticipation of the Pacific Golden Plovers long migration south to New Zealand, which could start at any time now. JoJo and Amanda are hopping about at sites