Hi all... One of my favourite places to bird is the Manly high tde roost in
Brisbane and at the moment the waders are there in good numbers. Went up there
this afternoon and got a good look at black and bar tailed godwit, common
greenshank, great knot,red knot, sharp tailed, terek and curlew sandpiper, red
necked stint, eastern curlew, whimbrel, Ruddy turnstone and pacific golden
plover. May have been some species i missed but i could not move around much as
the birds seemed very nervous. I have always found them quite tolerant of my
slow walk around the place but today it seemed they didnt approve and showed it
by constantly taking to the wing, shuffling away and alarm calling. So much so
i ended up backing off so as not to cause them undue stress. I was wondering if
this behaviour had anything to do with the severe storm front building just
outside Brisbane. Last but not least the terns. I found a small group of terns
i have never seen before and since i still have a lot of tern species still to
find i thought i might ask for some back up on the id. The birds were tiny and
appeared to be about the same size, maybe a touch bigger than a stint. Their
crowns were white with black streaks back to a black nape and a blotch in front
of the eye. Pale grey over all with white under wing showing blackish primaries
at rest. The bills were quite long for the size of the bird with maybe a yellow
tinge at the base and they stood on stumpy yellowish legs. I had them pegged as
little terns but feel free to shoot me down in flames if you must. Happy
birding...John
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