g'Day all
Arrived home at Price SA from St Helens Tas. on Saturday afternoon and
visited the saltworks late yesterday. Surprising numbers of waders
were moving in from from the exposed tidal flats of St Vincent Gulf as
an extensive line squall with embedded rain storms approached from the
South West .
Eastern Curlew 4, Whimbrel 4 (8), Bar-tailed Godwit 12 (22), Greenshank
50+, also 30+ knots from distance into sun with rain, unable to identify
spp. Also RN Stints in small numbers.
Also of interest were good numbers of Fairy Tern 60 (100) and one Cape
Barren Goose. Last June a single bird was seen on the tidal flats at
Port Vincent 30 Nm. SSW of Price and also one is occasionally seen at
Cape Elizabeth, 29 Nm. WNW of Price on Spencer Gulf
Although there were Red-necked Avocet 60 (100) present, Banded Stilts
are absent. Only one, a fully coloured bird was seen with a flock of
20+ Black-winged Stlits. Absence of the usual large numbers of Banded
Stilt here probably indicate the population has headed north for a
breeding event. Has anybody had a look at Lake Torrens or Lake
Callabonna or perhaps Lake Grace WA since the recent rain?
Regards
Ian May
Price S.A.
0428337956
(08) 88376212
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