Hi Birders
Today we observed our first returning migrating waders for this season at
Adelaide Penrice Saltworks. A mixed flock of 800+ Calidrids comprising Red
and Great Knots, Curlew and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints
all looking tired and
feather worn with many showing partial breeding plumage. Also two Eastern
Curlew, one Whimbrel, 10 Bar-tailed Godwits and numerous Greenshanks. A
flock of 86 Pied Oystercatchers were also interesting.
Many hundreds of Silver Gulls are nesting over nearly all of the available
islands in the area and appear to have exploded in numbers compared to
previous years. They are becoming a real problem competing for available
food with most of the other water birds in the area!
The Amytornis
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