Well I just hope the dear little guys hang around till this Saturday
before flying the coop!
cheers
David Taylor
Brisbane
On 20/03/2006, at 4:20 PM, Stuart, Alan AD wrote:
Mostly our records of Yellow Wagtail in the Hunter are for the period
February-March. But, we had brief November records last year and also
in 2004.
All of which makes me wonder that they are in transit to/from
somewhere
else, when we have them in the Hunter.
They were recorded in 1993 and then in 1998. After a gap in 1999,
we've
now had them every year since. Most years the records have been of up
to 4 birds but this season and in 1998, there were records of 6-7
birds.
It's interesting that some birds were seen this weekend just past, as
prior to that there have not been any records for at least a couple of
weeks. Could they have been some other birds in transit?
Alan
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From:
On Behalf Of Colin R
Sent: Monday, 20 March 2006 11:58 AM
To: John Leonard; Birding-aus
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Hunter Estuary - Sunday 19th March 2006
It's frustrating!!
I'm located in Brisbane and I can assure ALL foreign Wagtails that
there
is excellent habitat here to save them journeying further south!!
Seriously, though, is there any chance these Newcastle wagtails are
resident? and just disappear for several months each year?? It is
really
weird. I assume as (so far as I know) only one possible wagtail
sighting
has occurred in SE Qld in the last few years, that they must travel
down
along, or behind, the range. Surely we couldn't be missing them every
year?
Colin
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:40:35 +1100, "John Leonard"
<> said:
Interesting that a migratory bird with such low overall numbers in
Australai
should be seen so regularly in oine spot. Presumably just a few
individuals
returning year after year. Funny though when you think how much
potentially
suitable habitat there is for them. They would have flown over the
northern
Australian coast and then on over the interior (or down the east
coast)
to
get to Ash Island, flying at least 1000km more than had to!
John Leonard
On 3/19/06, Edwin Vella <> wrote:
I spent this morning (19/3/06) birding in the Hunter Estuary near
Newcastle (approx. 170km north of Sydney CBD).
On Ash Island, 2 Yellow Wagtails were seen together at their usual
place
along Wagtail Way. One of them was in full breeding plumage and the
other almost, and both appeared to be the usual race simillima. I
never
get sick of seeing these birds despite having seen them well over a
dozen times over several years at this regular location.
Also on Ash Island were at least 5 Brown Quail, an adult
White-bellied
Sea-eagle, 2 Brown Falcons, Red-kneed Dotterel, a few Eastern
Curlews,
at least 25 Marsh Sandpiper and 10 Greenshank, several Pied Stilts,
lots
of Tawny Grassbirds, Sacred Kingfisher, and White-breasted
Woodswallows.
White-fronted Chats and Mangrove Gerygones were also heard.
A brief visit at high tide near Stockton Bridge yielded another
adult
White-bellied Sea-eagle, 8 Red-capped Plovers, 3 Red-necked Stints,
200
plus Bar-tailed Goswits, 100 plus Eastern Curlew, a Whimbrel, 23
Grey-tailed Tattler, 15 Terek Sandpipers, 3 Pied Oystercatchers, a
Gull-billed Tern and 2 Caspian Terns. Further down stream were also
8
Common Terns.
Edwin Vella
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