Excellent work Michael, hopefully I can provide more than one sighting next
season!!! Just curious, where do WTNT breed? I would have thought that the
reason for their decline is most likely due to an issue such as hunting (as
happens at edible-nest swiftlet colonies) or destruction of habitat, but I'm
assuming that the reason for a decline of WTNT is unknown at this stage?
Joshua Bergmark
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> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:25:41 +1000
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] 2011/12 season report for White-throated Needletails
>
> G'day Birding-Aus recipients.
>
> Please enjoy this report
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
>
> White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Report for 2011/12
> Season.
>
> The 1300 records I have obtained or that have been sent to me so far
> are 308 more than received for the previous season. Thank you so
> much for the extra effort in making & sharing these records.
>
> It appears that we had some over-wintering birds again. These were
> seen by Alexander Canton at Tyto Wetlands, Ingham (QLD). on 3.7.2011.
>
> The next record was of 50+ birds at Kuranda (QLD) on 12.8.2011 seen
> by John Cantello. M & S Guppy then saw 3 birds at Maulbrooks Rd,
> (NSW) on 28.8.2011. Illawarra Birders saw an unspecified number at
> Mt Keira Reserve (NSW) on 31.8.2011. Then guess what? no one
> reported any sightings during September. Bob Green saw 3 at Redden
> Island, near Cairns (QLD) on 2.10.2011. Ron Becker saw the first
> birds in Victoria when he estimated 40 birds at Genoa on 3.10.2011.
> No more were reported in Vic until Kerrin & Rosemary Martin saw 15 at
> Narbethong on 9.11.2011. This is the first time for several years
> when I have not seen any at Thurra River Rest area on Melbourne Cup
> weekend.
>
> Then a little surprise came when Kathy Wilk and Richard Baxter
> reported 2 birds from Christmas Island. This is only the 16th record
> I have from Christmas Island.
>
> WTNT appeared to be late coming to Victoria but that did not stop
> Ashwin Rudder from seeing one in Tasmania on 2.12.2011. While we are
> concentrating on sightings of single birds we might as well mention
> that Michael Wood saw one on the Cocos Islands 4.12.2011. A few
> wanderers this year.
>
> The first records I have for the ACT are of 3 birds seen by Alastair
> Smith on 10.12.2011 and 2 birds seen by Steve Holliday on the same
> day. Steve made that record last year also.
>
>
> There were no reported records from the NT this last season. There
> were 5 records from WA, 9 records from SA, 29 from ACT, 21 from TAS,
> 217 from Qld, 327 from Vic, & 714 from NSW.
>
> This season the largest group seen was of 2,000 birds recorded by J.
> Reed in NSW, and there were no other sightings of a thousand or more
> birds. There were only 4 sightings of 300-1,000 birds.
>
>
> The average flock size this season was 40 compared to 44 for last
> year & 48 for the year before. All figures are lower than the mean
> of 52 for the last decade. Very few observers disagree with me now,
> when I say that WTNT are in decline.
>
> While 18 of the 25 last sightings were from Victoia only 2 of the
> last 5 were from Victoria, which is not the norm. The last sighting
> that I know of was of 3 birds seen by Bruce Richardson on 18.4.2012
> at the You Yangs, West of Geelong in Vic.
>
> The top recorder for the season was Irene Allan, making 109
> sightings. Bas Henson saw 44 flocks, Paul Jones 41, Len & Jacquie
> Axen 32, Michael Ramsey 30, Clive Meadows 27, Matthew Stanton 27 &
> Tom Wilson saw 24 flocks.
>
> Thanks again to all those who have taken the trouble to send me your
> sightings. It does not matter whether you sent in 1 report or more
> than 100, they are all useful in helping determine the WTNT
> population status and defining other aspects of their behaviour.
>
> Contributing Observers: (# of observations given in brackets).
>
> Anon (6), ABBOT, Carol. (2), ADAMS, D. (1), AIREY, Jackson (1),
> ALCORN, Richard & Margaret (6), ALEXANDER, Peter (22), ALLAN, Irene
> (109), ALLAN, Robert (4), ALLSOP, John (4), ANTRAM, Frank (2),
> ARMSTRONG, Chris (1), ARMSTRONG, Justin (2), ATZENI, Mick (6), AXEN,
> Len & Jacquie (32), BARKLA, John (1), BARNES, Chris. (9), BARTRAM,
> Kevin (1), BAWDEN, Tim (5), BAXTER, Damian (1), BAXTER, Richard (2),
> BECKER, Freddie (1), BECKER, Ron (13), BECKER, Tania (1), BENNETT,
> Mark (5), BENSON, Allan, (3), BENSON, Ian (1), BERGMARK, Joshua (1),
> BIGG, W (3), BILLING, Noel & Lyn (1), BORTOLUSSI, Greg (1), BOUNDS,
> Jenny (1), BOYD, Glen (2), BRANDWOOD, Keith (5), BRANNAN, John (1),
> BRECKENRIDGE, Max (10), BROOKS, Paul (1), BROSIE, Grant (9), BRUCE,
> Niel (1), BULLEN, Lyn (1), BURCHER, Paul (3), BURKE, Steve (2),
> BURROWS, Todd (1), BUTTERFIELD, Frances (1) BUTTERFIELD, Martin (4),
> CAMERON, Margaret (1), CANTELLO, John (1), CAPELL, Nev (1),
> CARPENTER, John & Carole (8), CATT, Graeme (1), CHAPLIN, Dominic (1),
> CLANCY, Greg (17), CLARKE, Rohan (4), CLARKE, Tom (2), CLIFFORD, Carl
> (1), CLOG, Jan (2), COOK, Bob (5), COONEY, Stuart (1), CROSLAND,
> Michael (1), CROWTHER, Jason (1), DAHLEM, Michael (1), DAVIDSON,
> Steven (15), DOUGHERTY, Robert (5), DOYLE, Paul (6), DRAKE, Alistair
> & Carmen (2), DRISCOLL, Colin (2), DUFFY, Janine (1), DUKE, Steve &
> Judi (1), EARL, Hedley (1), EGGINS, Darryl (2), ENGEL, Deryk (4),
> FAULKNER, Tim (4), FERGUSON, Alex (2), FINLEY, Eric (2), FISHER,
> Keith & Lindsay (6), FORD, Trevor, (1) FORD, Val (1), FRAWLEY,
> Matthew (5), FREDERICK, Dougald (3), FULLER, Mark (4), GALLIENNE,
> Sandra (4), GARDNER, Rod (1), GIBSON, Tony (2), GILLANDERS, Alan
> (17), GILMORE, Phil (17), GOODYEAR, Gavin (6), GOTLEY, W & J. (4),
> GREEN, Bob (2), GREGORY, Chris (3), GREGORY, Phil (1), GUPPY, S & M
> (2), HAASS, Nickolas (2), HARTSHORN, Angus (5), HAVENS, Maria (3),
> HAYWOOD, Bryan (2), HEALEY, Chris (20), HEFFERNAN, R. (16), HENSEN,
> Bastian (44), HERBERT, Liz & Chris (1), HOBSON, Rod (9), HOCKING,
> Doug (1), HOLLIDAY, Steve (1), HONEYMAN, Mike (2), HOUGHTON, Dave
> (1), HUNTER Michael (2), HUTCHISON, John (1), JACKETT, Carla & Nigel
> (3), JAMES, Max (1), JAMIESON, Katrina (3), JARMAN, T (1), JOHNSON,
> Lorne (4), JOHNSTONE, Richard (3), JONES, Barbara (1), JONES,
> Geoffrey (1), JONES, Paul (41), KANE, Joy (2), KELLMAN, Kate & Ray
> (1), KEENE, Tony (1), KERR, Ian (2), KNIGHT, Laurie (4), KOOISTRA,
> John (1), KUHL, Mike (1), LAMB, Russel (4), LAMBERT, D&G (1), LAND,
> Pam & John (1), LARMOUR, Kim & Jim (1), LATTAWAY, Judith (10), LEACH,
> Elliot (1), LEITCH, Judy (2), LENZ, Michael (1), LEONARD, John (3),
> LEY, Andrew (11), LEY, Mark (3), LIGHTFOOT, Paddy (1), LINDORF, Chris
> (1), LINDSAY, Kurtis (8), LORD, Rowan (1), LUMNITZER, Åkos (6),
> MANNIX, Stephen (3), MARSTON, Ray (1), MARTIN, Kerrin & Rosemary (1),
> MASON, Richard (2), McBRIDE, Alan (7), McBRIDE, Steve (10),
> McCASKILL, Duncan (1), McCONNELL, Kath (2), McCONNELL, Pat (3),
> McDOUGALL, Andrew (1), McKENZIE, Kim (1), McLACHLAN, Greg (5),
> MEADOWS Clive (27), MILLER, Richard (2), MOFFATT, Bob (4), MOLLER,
> Carl (1), MOLONEY, Peter (6), MOORHEAD, Bill (4), MOORHEAD, Jack (1),
> MORRIS, Alan (16), MORRIS, Tim (19), MORRISON, N&J (3), MURPHY, Fran
> (6), MURPHY, Steve (5), MUTTON, Troy (2), NEALON, Clive (1), NEUMANN,
> Julie (2), NEWLING, Greg (1), NEWTON, Helen (1), NICKHOLDS, Tim (1),
> NICOL, Sue (1), NIXON, Ted (3), NORDSTROM, Terrill (1), NORRIS, Ken
> (6), O’BRIEN, Martin (1), O’MALLEY, Pat (4), O’WHEEL, Jeremy (1),
> OAKLEY, Greg (2), OLDE, Graham (12), OOREBEEK, Margot & Ray (2),
> PALMER, Des (4), PARK, Geoff, (2), PENDAVINGH, Daniel (1), POINTER,
> Kaye (4), POINTER, Margaret (3), POINTER, Ross (3), PORT, Christina
> (1), PRESTON, Ivor (2), PRICE, Robyn (1), PROBETS, Carol (6), RAMSEY,
> Michael (30), RANKIN, Jai (4), RASMUSSEN, Bruce & Ann (1), RAWLINSON
> John (6), REDHEAD, David (1), REED, J. (5), REID, Colin (8),
> RICHARDSON, Allan (1), RICHARDSON, Bruce (1), RIJZ, Matt (4),
> RODERICK, Mick (3) RODERICK, Steve (1), ROMANE, S. (2), ROPER, Marion
> (7), ROSS, Chris (2), ROSS, Sonja (2), RUDDER, Ashwin (2), RUNGE,
> Claire (1), RUSHTON, Gerry (1), RYAN, Scott (1), SANDS, Peter (1),
> SARNA, Julie (9), SCHRADER, Neville (5), SEMMENS, Bob (6), SETTLE,
> Peter (9) SHEEHAN, Brendon (1), SHELLEY, Luke (1), SHERRING, Ken (1),
> SHURCLIFF, Kath & Dave (4), SIMKUS, E (11), SMART, Jim (1), SMEDLEY,
> Alastair & Karen (1), SMITH, Alastair (9), SMITH, Andrew (5), SMITH,
> Ross (5), SPILLANE, Nicole & Paul JACOBSON (2), SPRY, Jenny (4),
> STANTON, Matthew (27), STARR, Simon (1), STILES, Jenny (4),
> STOCKWELL, Keith (1), STUART, Alan (1), STURDEE, Wes & Norma (1),
> TARBURTON, Michael (68), TARRANT, Marie (2), TARRANT, Tom (13), TAWS,
> Nicki (1), TAYLOR, Andrew (1), TAYLOR, Paul (2), THOMPSON, Warren
> (3), TODD, Chris (2), TORR, Dave (2), TRANTER, Ged (1), TYNAN, B.
> (1), VEERMAN, Philip (3), WALBRIDGE, Paul (2), WALKER, Robin (3),
> WALLACE, Rowena (1), WALLER, Trevor (1), WALSH, Stephen (12),
> WEDDERBURN, Bruce (1), WEEKS, Matt (3), WHITFIELD, Brett (1),
> WILLIAMS, Dan (4), WILLIAMS, Ed (1), WILLIAMS Roger (1), WILSON, Tom
> (24), WOEHLER, Eric (1), WOOD, Michael (2), WOODALL, Peter & Leith
> (1), WRIGHT, Ian & Meryl (1), YOUNG, John (1), ZILLMAN, Eric (1),
> ZNIDERSIC, Liz (1),
>
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