Yellow Birds @ the Isa & more

["Bob Forsyth" <>]

g'day all,

 

see my 26/09/2005 posting http://menura.cse.unsw.edu.au:64800/2005/09/msg00396.html

 

I revisited Wide Bay yesterday and saw 5 Yellow Chats at the same location

Other interesting birds included -

- Freckled Ducks          2      (Until 3 years ago very rare)

- Cotton Pygmy-goose 1 pr   (At least 1 pair have been resident for at least 3 years)

- Curlew Sandpiper     4       (An infrequent visitor to the Isa)

- Long-toed Stint          1     

 

But wait, there is more !

 

Visiting Birdwatcher from Canberra, Noel Luff, phoned me to advise that he went & found the 10 Yellow Chats

AND ALSO a

Yellow Wagtail AND a Ruddy Turnstone, both within 200 metres of the Chats

 

I understand YWs can turn up anywhere, & I saw a pair at Broome STP earlier this year.

But, I was gobsmacked when I looked at Simpson & Day to read it suggests that Ruddy Turnstones 

can turn up over most of Australia, except the Great Dividing Range and the Western Deserts.

Why haven't I seen them before in the Inland ?

 

Regards from
Bob Forsyth
Mount Isa, NW Qld.

ps For directions to Wide Bay see Gazetteer section of www.birdsqueensland.org.au/