Hello Frank,
For Coila Lake, you walk over the sand across the lake entrance and follow the lake shoreline. After 400 meters you should reach a small boggy area (which is normaly an island when water levels are higher) and it is from there that you start seeing birds. There's also a cormorant roost oposite that area (and visible from the lakes entrance) at which I've always seen four species of cormorant (Little and Great Pied and Black Cormorants), Darters, 100ds of Chestnut Teal etc. Recently the first Black-tailed Native Hen for the Shire was also seen at Coila Lake and I've heard that a few Common Sandpipers and Greenshank are also there, though I didn't see them.
We visited Turross at 9 am and to see all of the birds you have to do a fair bit of wading or have a scope to check all the islands. That or you wait for them to flush and land all together in one accessible spot.
Cheers,
D.
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> That's interesting, Dimitris. I'm not sure what time you were there, but I guess it just goes to show that the birds must be moving around a lot. I'd be interested to know what part of Coila Lake you visited. We just looked from the Tuross headland but the lake appeared devoid of waders, apart from a couple of oystercatchers.
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> > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:50:17 +0200
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> > Hello Frank,
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> > I was there, with Eurobodalla Natural History Society and there was still pleanty (~800-1000 Waders). Including 2 Sanderling, 2 Great Knot +1 Peregrine Falcon chasing the lot. At Coila Lake there were ~40 Barwits, 1 Sharpie and 2 P. Golden Plover. Unfortunately weather conditions meant that we didn't have enough time to scan the flocks extensively for the BB Sand.
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> > Cheers
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> > > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:27:35 +1000
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> > > Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Tuross Lake
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> > > I went back to Tuross Lake yesterday with Sue Lashko (driver - thanks, Sue), Harvey Perkins and Paul Taylor. Unfortunately, wader numbers had dropped significantly from last week - probably no more than 500 birds in total left. No sign of the BB Sand or any Sanderlings or Golden Plovers :( Mainly sharpies, stints and godwits, with a few Curlew Sands, Red Knot, RC Plovers, Turnstones, plus the odd Curlew and Pied Oyster. Nothing to speak of on Coila Lake. Still a great place to go, but not what it was a week ago!
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> > > Frank Antram
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