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>From: Pat and Clive Minton <>
>To:
>Subject: [WADERS-L:339] breeding success in 1997
>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:43:34 +0200
>
> WADER BREEDING SUCCESS IN 1997
>
>Further to my note of 10/1/98 on waders-l the Victorian Wader Study Group
>now has some data on additional species, as given in the table below.
>
>THE PERCENTAGE OF JUVENILE BIRDS IN WADERS CAUGHT IN VICTORIA AND
> SE SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN JAN/FEB 1998
>
>Species %juveniles Sample size Classification of
> breeding success
>
>
>Sanderling 31% 232 Very good
>Turnstone 41% 240 Very good
>Red Knot 58% 64 Very good
>Bartailed
>Godwit 0% 28 Poor
>Great Knot 10% 20 Poor to moderate
>
>This data further suggests that 1997 may have been a 'patchy' breeding
>season in the Eastern Siberian arctic - neither universally good nor
>totally poor.
>Attempts will be made to obtain further, larger samples of Red Knot,
>Bartailed Godwit and Great Knot at another location during the next week.
>Clive Minton & Ros Jessop
>(on behalf of the Victorian Wader Study Group)
>
>
>
>
Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
Australian Bird Research Centre,
415 Riversdale Road,
Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia.
Tel: (03) 9882 2622. Fax: (03) 9882 2677.
O/s: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677.
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Web Homepage: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~birdsaus
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