For those who went on the COG wader weekend to the Shoalhaven, I have received
the reports back on the banded/flagged birds:
the Little Tern we found at Lake Wollumboola was banded at Manning River
estuary, Harrington, NSW (between Port Macquarie and Newcastle) on 21/2/1994 -
11 years 9 months and 12 days before we saw it - and was 385 miles from where
it was banded. When banded it was at least 1 year old. I'm not sure how long
terns live but ours is about 13+ years.
The Wader Study Group report that the Red Knot we found at Comerong Island was
banded in Victoria - they don't say where, but give lat 38S and long 145E which
appears to be the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay. It was flagged sometime
after 1990 (which I guess is when they started to use orange leg flags) and was
621 km from where it was flagged.
Sue
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