Great cormorant
Sound recordings of black shag (kawau), Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae
Date: 30 Jun 1983
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: OHInt-0834-040
Description: Three tracks: Adults feeding chicks in nests; some chicks already fledged; chicks calling for food, adults give greeting calls; flying to and from colony, landing and taking off, loud chick noises when being fed; black shag colony on eastern side of Lake Kohangatera (Gollans Valley); steep gulley with native bush; nesting in karaka trees; background occasional noise of planes and Barretts Reef buoy; weather overcast, slight NW wind, 12 deg.; recorded 30 June 1983. Track 1: distance 30-40 ft. Track 2: distance 20-30 ft; recorded 1120 hrs. Track 3: distance 30-40 ft; recorded 1100 hrs. Other Titles - Track lengths: 0000-0152, 0152-0349, 0349-0429 (4 min 13 sec) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-1761 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 3 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other see catalogue cards 120. Search dates: 1983
Caples Valley trip, shag, and weka
Date: 1983-1986
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6501
Description: Trip to Caples Valley, Queentown Lakes District, in search of the South Island Kokako (native wattlebird), October 1983. The party included Rhys Buckingham, Peter Child, Graeme Elliot, and John Kendrick. Views of mountains from Fraser-Kay ridge. Distant view of Top Caples Hut from Steele Creek track. Distant view of Top Caples Hut from Fraser-Kay ridge. Younge Black Shag, Gollanz Valley colony, August 1983. Little Black Shag, Mahina Bay, May 1986. Weka on Kapiti Island, November 1984. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :[King shag, black shag and spotted shag. 1990]
Date: 1990
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-096
Description: Shows studies of a king shag displaying (has white under its tail), black shag in breeding plumage, and a spotted shag displaying (has black under its tail). Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Sea and shore birds of New Zealand" (1990). This image appears on page 25 of this book. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet 297 x 210 mm.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Black-billed gull and shags. 1991].
Date: 1991
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-124
Description: Shows a black-billed gull in flight, and a black shag and pied shag perching on branches. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Lake, river and wetland bird of New Zealand" (1991). This image appears on page 8 of this book. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet 297 x 210 mm.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Shags. 1990]
Date: 1990
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-097
Description: Shows several shags standing on rocks in the foreground with sea in the background: Stewart Island pied phase; spotted shag juvenile; spotted shag; black shag; N.Z. king shag. Description details appear on tracing paper overlay. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Sea and shore birds of New Zealand" (1990). This image appears on page 26 of this book. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 300 x 205 mm, with tracing paper overlay.
Photographs relating to wildlife in Kaikoura, Marlborough
Date: 2006-2007
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000500
Description: Photographs of seals and shags at Kaikoura, Marlborough. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (kaikoura (floods))" Quantity: 62 digital photograph(s).
Slides of New Zealand
Date: 1958 to 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
By: Rangi Slides
Reference: PA12-8806
Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand, some purchased and some taken by Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams'). Purchased slides (14 unnumbered slides following no. 975) were in part produced by "Rangi Slides". The first two slides show samples of kauri gum, and no. 975 shows the Franz Josef Glacier terminal face. The following 13 slides show New Zealand birds with the 14th one showing flowers of the native kaka beak. Slides on this sheet are numbered 972-975, with no. 974 removed for Mr Williams lecture series which are filed in a separate sequence. Followed by 14 unnumbered slides. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slide (no. 974) showing aerial topdressing at Holmridge farm (Waihue), as part of a representative collection on New Zealand which he used in lecture series on his return to England. This sheet of slides contains numbered slides 972, 973 and 975, with a note saying "End of numbered slides". These are followed by 13 purchased slides of New Zealand birds and one of native kaka beak flower. Quantity: 17 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm