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	<title>&#34;Sails&#34; Stewart Island Nature Blog</title>
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	<description>The Natural World of Stewart Island, NEW ZEALAND</description>
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		<title>Avian Predators</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Native Predators. We haven&#8217;t that many avian predators on Stewart Island and the incident with the Morepork below got me thinking about them. MorePork A couple of days ago on Ulva we noticed the pair of morepork mentioned in a &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/02/avian-predators/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fiordland Crested and other Penguins</title>
		<link>http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/02/fiordland-crested-and-other-penguins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crested Juvenile Penguin Correction to Post A couple of day ago Iris came across what I initially thought was a juvenile Fiordland Crested penguin along the Little River track. It was about 20 metres above the shore, just off the &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/02/fiordland-crested-and-other-penguins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Port William</title>
		<link>http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/port-william/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Port William Walk Stewart Island is a walkers dream. And indeed with only around 28k of roads walking is the way to explore the island &#8220;up close and personal&#8221;. Yesterday I took Iris and some Japanese friends up to Port &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/port-william/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oystercatchers</title>
		<link>http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/oystercatchers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fledging Black Oystercatchers observed on Ulva Island <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/oystercatchers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hebes &amp; Morepork</title>
		<link>http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/hebes-morepork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morepork Yesterday on Ulva we came across a pair of Morepork, New Zealands one remaining native owl. The pair &#8230;. I suspect an adult and a juvenile &#8230;. were roosting on a low branch. The juvenile kept very still, but &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/hebes-morepork/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saddlebacks and Yellow Heads</title>
		<link>http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/saddlebacks-and-yellow-heads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saddleback Feeding Saddleback feed primarily on insects, which they find both on the trunks and and amongst the foliage, and also often on the forest floor. They are unusual amongst birds in that their beak has sufficient opening strength to &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/saddlebacks-and-yellow-heads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rata &amp; Parakeets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White Rata, Yesterday I noticed that the White Rata (Meterosideros diffusa) vines in our entrance were in flower. White rata is a vine and often found almost smothering tree ferns and occasionally even larger trees.  The flowers are small, often &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/rata-parakeets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally&#8230;.. Rain This morning we woke to rain, after what the Southland Times tells us is the driest December on record. By my calculations we had just 13mm for the month. On Ulva it was like walking on cornflakes. We &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Odd Orchid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Pterostylis ?? Yesterday while looking along the road banks on the back Road I noticed what to me seems a new or at least odd form of Pterostylis, which for want of a name I shall call &#8220;Pterostylis new&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2012/01/odd-orchid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canon 60-D For some time I have been thinking about replacing my old &#8220;point and push&#8221; cameras. Although both had given me some good results I had been frustrated by the limitations I saw when compared to the newer DSLRs. &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/12/new-camera/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rain, more Orchids &amp; Fungi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weather &#38; Garden We have had something of a dry spell, together with some very hot days, one apparently hitting 30 deg, This broke with some steady rain on last Thursday.  While not a drought, we are so accustomed to &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/12/rain-more-orchids-fungi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Orchids, Oystercatchers and Cruise Ships</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Orchids Flowering Every few days we are finding more orchids coming into bloom. I always tell or guests that orchids in this country range in size from the not very big to the almost minute. And today I was able &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/12/orchids-oystercatchers-and-cruise-ships/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Triplets and Tupare</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Triplets We understand a local lass is expecting triplets. Our two children are now in their thirties, so parenthood is well behind us, but we neither of us can imagine having three babies all at once. Funny enough not the villages &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/12/triplets-and-tupare/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SouthCoast Productions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Two Daves Guests at both Sails Ashore and Kowhai Lane Lodges will remember our extensive collections of DVD Videos, most of which have been produced by South Coast Productions. We have been privileged to have  assisted Dave Asher &#38; Dave McCarlie &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/11/southcoast-productions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nesting Oystercatchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Oystercatchers Nest Mid November every year we start to see the Black (or more properly Variable) Oystercatchers setting up their nests.  Although more properly called Variable Oystercatchers, this far south they are ALWAYS all black. So we think we can &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/11/nesting-oystercatchers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Seasons Progression</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/?p=1291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Seasons Flowering Normally we can be fairly sure that our various plants will bloom to a set and  orderly program. With the Bluebells  I have planted (not natives) along properties road side appearing late July/August, clematis (The Lady of October) &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/11/musings-on-seasons-progression/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ulva Island Rat Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DoC Rat Update Release The following is an email I received from Andy Roberts, DoC Southern Islands Manager&#8230;&#8230;.. Text in Red is my comments Ulva Island Update – 7 November 2011 So far, no rats.  Early signs are encouraging that &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/11/ulva-island-rat-update-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black Orchids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Orchid&#8230;.. Gastrodia longcolumn &#160; A couple of days ago on Ulva I discovered the first of the seasons &#8220;Black&#8221; or &#8220;Potato&#8221; orchids just through the ground. Or at least I think thats what they are, although they could be &#8220;Longcolumn &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/11/black-orchids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hooded Orchids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pterostylis Orchids (Green Hooded Orchids) For the last few weeks I&#8217;ve been watching assorted Pterostylis orchids growing along our road sides and on Ulva. On a road tour today  we found both P banksii &#38; P &#8220;bluff&#8221; . And there are large numbers &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/11/hooded-orchids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ulva Island Rat Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 Weeks On It&#8217;s now around 6 weeks since the second poison drop on Ulva. A few days ago I was told by a visitor that a male and a female rat had been trapped on the Island. Which was &#8230; <a href="http://sailsashore.co.nz/wordpress/2011/10/ulva-island-rat-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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