If it helps, ~300 Common Terns literally poured out of the sky in Dampier this
afternoon... Shorebirds are arriving daily as well.
Cheers,
D.
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> To: ;
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:03:22 +0000
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>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird news from Cocos
>
> Hi Mike, interesting news indeed about the Yellow Bittern, have you actually
> seen this photo? I realise that in some instances these "photo-trap' images
> turn out to be "grossly over-exposed and/or out of focus", but is it, in this
> instance, possible to see/determine the sex/age of the bird involved. I agree
> it does seem a rather early date for the species to appear on the islands,
> altho - in Malaya - suspected (passage?) migrants have been recorded
> early/mid Sep and added to that some individuals can/do move around -
> un-seasonally - as wetland areas dry-out etc, so I wouldn't consider it as
> being too unusual. I would not have thought that the atoll seemed all that
> attractive to a Yellow Bittern, but who knows whether, after making landfall
> on such a remote speck of land, any thoughts of "moving-on" may have been
> well and truly dismissed and it could be a "stop-over" from last year. The
> recent/latest claimed sighting of a Northern Pintail in s.w. WA (a male ought
> to be relia
bl
> y i/d'd so I will provisionally quote this)) would suggest that a degree of
> movement has already started however.
>
> The photos that Pam has taken recently definitely confirm that both species
> of teal (Eurasian and Grey) are (or at least until recently have been)
> present on West Island.
>
> Regards, John
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Carter
> Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012 2:04 PM
> To:
> Cc: Christopher Watson; Alan Collins; John Darnell; Pamela Jones; Richard
> Baxter
> Subject: Bird news from Cocos
>
> On 25 August on Direction Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands a photo-trap
> set by Russell Palmer to detect rodents at night captured an image of a
> Yellow Bittern! Is this an early migrant or is one perhaps living on the
> atoll?
>
> Further to apparently conflicting reports of both Eurasian and Grey Teal from
> West Island, Cocos, in August, Pam Jones has now proved that both species are
> present there. She has photos to prove it!
>
> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
> Tel (03) 9787 7136
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