Whiskered Tern behaviour

To:	"Birding-aus" <>
Subject:	Whiskered Tern behaviour
From:	"Robert Read" <>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:35:55 +0930

On 20/01 a flock of about 10Whiskered Terns  were hovering over grassland
near the Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, apparently hunting grasshoppers.  I
have seen similar behaviour before.

I would be grateful for any comments on two questions.

Is this behaviour of hunting over dryland often seen?

If the Whiskered Terns can make a living hunting grasshoppers why are they
always found near water?

Robert Read
Alice Springs



Birding-Aus is on the Web at
www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message
"unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line)
to

<Prev in Thread]	Current Thread	[Next in Thread>
Whiskered Tern behaviour, Robert Read <= Whiskered Tern behaviour, scouler Whiskered Tern behaviour, Bob & Sadhana Cook Whiskered Tern behaviour, Ian May Whiskered Tern behaviour, Terry Pacey

Previous by Date:	Re: birding trip, Reg Clark
Next by Date:	Sudden-death match at the Tennis, Ray Kelly
Previous by Thread:	Re: birding trip, Reg Clark
Next by Thread:	Whiskered Tern behaviour, scouler
Indexes:	[Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists]

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU