Thanks Keith,
This is a very good point. The bird is far more wary than a typical masked
lapwing. When we located it on Sunday (the first sightings since Karen and
Brett Davis' fantastic discovery on the 19th) I assumed it would be as
settled as the Masked Lapwings so approached on foot. When I was about 30m
distant and sitting down out of sight, the bird took flight and flew across
town. To say I was concerned about what I had done to other peoples chances
would be an understatement! To my relief we rapidly relocated it feeding in
a gutter in Hastings Street and it moved of its own accord back the grassy
area near the silos. Since then most other observers have had similar
experiences and I am told it flew almost 2 km on one occasion on Monday.
The lesson here is pack a scope and give it far more space than you would a
Masked Lapwing.
Most people that are trying for it are driving great distances (a car load
left from Adelaide this morning) so think of the bird and future visiting
birders before getting too close.
Incidentally, this is shaping up to be a pretty big twitch by Australian
standards. The local paper covering the Burren Junction area is going to run
a story on it and I offered to pass on a bit of background (the sighting/the
context/the birders). I'd be interested to hear from people that went for it
after Sunday so that I can pass on a rough tally of the number of extra
visitors that Burren Junction has received as a result of this cracking
bird.
Cheers,
Rohan Clarke
From: "kbrandwood" <>
To: "birdingaus" <>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Grey-headed Lapwing
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:44:03 +1000
Hi All, I would like to request those birdo's who are travailing to see
this bird would consider others birdo's who may follow. Reading the
comments from some who have seen it ,it appears that the bird is being
flushed on two or three occasions. Trying to take photo's necessitates
getting close to the bird, there are photos of this bird available so no
need to take any more ,PLEASE BE MORE CONSIDERATE FOR THE BIRD AND YOUR
FELLOW BIRDO'S.
keith b the beautiful Hawkesbury 60km N/W of Sydney
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