Some birds recorded around the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula
- Author
- Chambers, B.S.
- Year
- 1957
- Journal / Source
- Tane
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 111-114
- Summary
- The Coromandel coast is a feeding ground for a great variety of birds. The long coastline is rugged with many indentations. On the western side there are the mudflats of the Firth of Thames whilst the eastern has deep water well stocked with fish. Because of a prevailing westerly wind at the time of compiling these notes, the number of wading birds recorded from the western shore was not as great as would be expected under normal conditions. The eastern coastline covered in this report extends from Kennedy's Bay to Waihi Beach with some notes from the hills behind the coast and continuing back into the ranges in places. The information was collected in December, 1956 and January, 1957.