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Many Double-bars in breeding plumage at Manly WaderRoost SEQ

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Subject: Many Double-bars in breeding plumage at Manly WaderRoost SEQ
From: "Chris Baxter" <>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:05:01 +0930
Hi All 

Have noticed a few postings of late that are quite ambiguous in there
meaning in that inappropriate common names have been used (eg: Barwit for
Bar-tailed Godwit). On this occasion it is Double-bars for Double-banded
Plover. I would think that the only bird that could possibly go by that
shortened moniker would be Double-barred Finch. I reckon - for correctness
and consistency - we should stick to using common names as laid out in the
taxonomic listing of Christidis and Boles.

Cheers

Chris Baxter 

-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of L&L Knight
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:10 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Many Double-bars in breeding plumage at Manly
WaderRoost SEQ

The breeding plumage LS at the WTP motivated me to pop down to the MWR  
at midmorning today to see if I could find any birds of colour.  The  
fresh water pond was fuller than I've seen it for a while.  There were  
a couple of non-breeding stints and a collection of ~100 godwits and  
gulls.

I moved onto the tidal pool.  There were another dozen non-breeding  
stints at first corner.

On the island, oystercatcher and tern numbers were down.  There was a  
Lesser-crested lurking with the Crested Terns.

On the far bank, there was a collection of Whimbrels, a lone Curlew  
Sand, a few turnstones, and a mixed flock of stints, RCPs and Double- 
bars.  About 20 of the DBPs were in advanced breeding plumage, with  
many in full breeding plumage.  Is this a bit early for them to be so  
dressed up in Australia?

Just when it was time to go, I noticed 3 golden plovers lurking in  
some pond side vegetation [not their normal lurking point].  One of  
them was at least halfway into breeding plumage, which I found  
interesting - why would be bird that presumably overwintering be in  
mixed plumage?

Regards, Laurie.


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