Hi All,
Yes, they are on their way.....
We had 2, or perhaps three, Wandering Tattlers turn up on our last morning on
Norfolk Island, recently (14.9.12). Three Tattlers seen on the rocks near
Crystal Pool. By the time we'd got close enough to work out they were
Wanderers (we'd already packed our scope), only two could be found, and ID'd as
Wanderers. The third probably was as well, but may have been a Grey-tailed.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 01/10/2012, at 4:34 PM, Robert Inglis wrote:
> Around the end of this month or early in November the Wandering Tattlers will
> begin to arrive again in north eastern Australia.
> Already wader-watchers in Australia are noticing the arrival of Grey-tailed
> Tattlers and there is the usual careful scrutinising of individuals from that
> species going on in the hope of finding that one of them is really a
> Wandering Tattler.
>
> I would like to take this opportunity, then, to remind interested parties
> there is a comprehensive Wandering Tattler identification guide on my website
> at http://www.photos-n-guides.com/html/wandering_tattler.html
> It is quite probable that the first Wandering Tattler arrivals will be
> juveniles and to help with identifying them there is a photo gallery on my
> website at http://www.photos-n-guides.com/html/juvenile_wandering_tattler.html
> It could be a worthwhile exercise to compare the images in that gallery with
> the images of the juvenile Grey-tailed Tattler on Chris Watson’s blog at
> http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com.au/2012_09_01_archive.html (the entry
> for Saturday 29 2012)
> Compare how much more obvious the spotting and edge-fringing is on the
> upper-body feathers of the juv Grey-tailed Tattler. That is a key to
> separating the juveniles of these two species.
>
> For another set of high quality Wandering Tattler images there is the gallery
> on my SmugMug site at
> http://ptiloris.smugmug.com/Birds-of--Oz-Sets/Wandering-Tattler/16860753_x5Gmrc#!i=1273043177&k=wVQdS2z
>
> There is also a lot of other birding related stuff on my website at
> http://www.photos-n-guides.com/index.html
> The latest items added include:
> - a photo gallery of a one-footed Eastern Reef Egret surviving quite well at
> Caloundra on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.
> http://www.photos-n-guides.com/html/a_one_footed_eastern_reef_egret_surviving_well_.html
> - a photo gallery of images from Lamington National Park in SE Qld
> http://www.photos-n-guides.com/html/28th_september_-__lamington_np-_se_qld_.html
> - a test of skills at identifying male Pied Butcherbird from female Pied
> Butcherbird
> http://www.photos-n-guides.com/html/8th_august_-_a_pair_of_pied_butcherbirds.html
>
> Details of other additions and changes can be found by clicking on the “Last
> updated” link on the Home page.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Bob Inglis
> Sandstone Point
> Qld
> Australia
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