Hi Everyone,
Just to give a bit of balance, in case people think Caloundra has a
never-ending stream of migratory terns (Commons, White-winged Blacks
and Littles) coming and going - there has been more going than coming
of late.
Whereas 1-2 weeks ago I saw a few thousand on the intertidal sandbanks,
last night there were merely low hundreds. Certainly fewer than 500.
Barb Dickson and I were preparing to kayak out to the sandbanks to stay
there until dark, when the last terns had come in, but there was
nothing to see. An approaching storm convinced us not to go on the
water, but even so, no more terns arrived for the night. The tide was
low, and there is a slight possibility that they were roosting out of
view on the ocean side of Bribie, but usually they give themselves away
by lifting en masse from time to time. None of that happened.
Cheers,
Jill
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Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
26° 51' 41"S 152° 56' 00"E
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