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Crescent Honeyeaters & Sharp-tailed Sandpipers

To: "'alan morris'" <>, <>
Subject: Crescent Honeyeaters & Sharp-tailed Sandpipers
From: "Edwin Vella" <>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 21:54:27 +1000
Has anybody ever recorded Sharp-tailed Sandpipers over-wintering
anywhere in Australia?

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 On Behalf Of alan morris
Sent: Sunday, 1 May 2005 9:04 PM
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Subject: Crescent Honeyeaters & Sharp-tailed Sandpipers

Hi Birders,

Edwin Vella recently reported on that fact that 7 Sharp-tailed
Sandpipers 
were still present at Pitt Town Common, NSW on 24/4/05, which is a late
date 
for the species. I was able to find 5 at Picnic Point, The Entrance, NSW

today. This is a late date for them because usually none overwinter in
NSW, 
and the latest date for departure that I have been able to find recently
was 
15/4/1993 at Minmi, NSW.

Crescent Honeyaters are known to wander around coastal areas in winter
in 
NSW, so the one seen by Tom Wilson today at Warriewood wetlands, is not 
unexpected. On 24/5/05 Graeme Catt and others saw one in the heath at 
Munmorah SCA, where it was associated with Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters.
The 
last Central Coast record was in July 2002 (2nd record) and the first
record 
was for one in Munmorah SCA in 1964.

Two other local birds of note were 3 Red-necked Avocets at Budgewoi Lake
on 
30/4/05, only the 4th record, and 9 Eastern Curlews at The Entrance on 
1/5/05, a large  number for the CC.

Alan Morris
Central Coast Group, Birding NSW 

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