> Julie
>
> Banded Stilts galore!!! Appears that you will have no trouble finding
them.
> I first saw these birds a few years ago after a lengthy, cold and blustery
> search around several lakes in the Western District of Victoria. At the
> moment it seems you have to kick them out of the way to see the Silver
> Gulls!!!
>
> We also had a brief sojourn in the Geelong area on Sunday morning and
> stopped at the Cheetham Saltworks on the Portarlington Road just on the
> outskirts of Geelong. On about the 2nd or 3rd pond, close to the main
road,
> were about 30 or 40 Banded Stilts in company with about 100 Red-necked
> Avocets and several Black-winged Stilts. I could also see a number of
other
> Banded Stilts further back in other ponds.
>
> Seems as you can choose a few spots, but the saltworks are very easy to
get
> to.
>
> Regards
> Bob Cook
> Elphinstone, Central Vic.
>
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