Possibly, I am terrible at retaining names.
I traveled on my own, but mingled with others. I was the one with the straw hat
and the batumi raptor count T.
I will be heading up to the lake again with a few friends this Wednesday.
D.
> From:
> To:
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:04:03 +1030
>
> Hi Dimitris, was that you with David Adams ?
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> Dimitris Bertzeletos
> Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2015 6:28 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> I saw the bird as soon as I arrived on location at 10 am till I left at 1:30
> pm. It was loosely associating with Red-necked Stints and would often roost
> with them away from the water in the Little Tern enclosure. A fair few
> people walked within meters of it and didn't see it because it was not at
> the waters edge...
>
> All the best,
>
> D.
>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:00:19 +1100
> > From:
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
> >
> > Was not there Wednesday morning but was Tuesday afternoon, so when did
> > you see it ??
> > Cheers Chris
> >
> > On 14/01/2015 5:51 PM, Dimitris Bertzeletos wrote:
> > > The bird is still in the location described in Rohan's e-mail.
> > >
> > > Tis very easy to see.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > D.
> > >
> > >> From:
> > >> To: ;
> > >> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:29:56 +1030
> > >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
> > >>
> > >> Aha, thank you Rohan, at last some good directions on where to look.
> > >>
> > >> Tony.
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Birding-Aus On
> > >> Behalf Of Rohan Clarke
> > >> Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2015 9:02 PM
> > >> To:
> > >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
> > >>
> > >> Hi All,
> > >> There's been just three emails to birding-aus to date about the
> > >> White-rumped Sandpiper found by Nigel and Carla Jackett at
> > >> Shoalhaven Heads, NSW on Monday here on birding-aus so here's a
> > >> quick summary if you are interested in following it up.
> > >>
> > >> It was found at a high tide roost best accessed from Shoalhaven
> > >> Heads on the Monday. It's an impressive find - the first twitchable
> > >> one in Australia for at least 20 years. Remarkably, before the dust
> > >> had even settled (and before anyone had twitched it??), what is
> > >> presumably the same bird was refound 9.5 km south (as the sandpiper
> > >> flies) on the shoreline of Wollumboula Lake early the next morning.
> > >> The bird was well twitched on Tuesday (but disappeared at times),
> > >> was not seen on Wednesday as far as I know despite a few people
> > >> looking, was seen again and well twitched by many on Thursday,
> > >> Friday and today. At times it dissapears to places unknown but for
> > >> the main part is happily feeding on the shoreline of the lake
> > >> directly behind the ocean beach or roosting with stints and other
> shorebirds in and around the fenced off Little Tern colony.
> > >>
> > >> To access the site drive to the township of Culburra Beach (via Nowra).
> > >> The main road into town is called the 'The Lake Circuit'. About
> > >> halfway through town, to stay on this named road, you need to turn
> > >> right (sounds odd but on checking a map it will make sense). Drive
> > >> to the end of the 'The Lake Circuit' rd and there is a small
> > >> carpark, picnic area and playground. Take the steps down to the
> > >> lake (not the path that leads more directly to the beach), then walk
> south along the edge of the lake at the back of the beach.
> > >> From the carpark it's about 450 m to the point were the bird has
> > >> mostly been feeding - pretty much in line with the fenced off Little
> Tern colony.
> > >>
> > >> It has been remarkably settled, but like any shorebird doesn't like
> > >> people walking at it. In contrast birders that have sat quietly and
> > >> patiently and let the bird come to them have been rewarded with
> approaches down to 2-3 m.
> > >> There is something very satisfying about watching a mega shorebird
> > >> slowly foraging to within a couple of meters of you, pulling tiny
> > >> marine worms from the sand as it goes, and for it then to wander
> > >> off again seemingly completely unfazed by the interaction!
> > >>
> > >> The spit is an impressive birding site even without the
> > >> White-rumped Sandpiper.
> > >> Good numbers of Little Terns (be mindful that they are breeding but
> > >> the fencing, signage etc should make that clear) , a handful of
> > >> Fairy Terns, White-winged Black Tern, Red and Great Knot,
> > >> Bar-tailed Godwit, Lesser Sand Plover and plenty of Red-necked
> > >> Stint and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers are just some of the other birds that
> people are connecting with.
> > >>
> > >> A few of my pics are here.
> > >>
> > >> http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/white_rumped_sandpiper
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Rohan
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Rohan Clarke
> > >> www.wildlifeimages.com.au
> > >>
> > >> Latest updates
> > >> http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/root&view=recent
> > >>
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