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Hi
Geoffrey,
Curious old news. Yes I recall well the Red Knot that Maria and I
found at FSP and somewhat independently found by David McDonald and I think
Harvey Perkins. I don't think anyone got any photos of that bird. Quite
different to now. We got quite close to it and I drew a little field
sketch.......
Will
we ever get flocks of migrant waders here? We have had various other interesting
waders turn up singly like the (I think much harder to identify Long-toed
Stint).
Philip
It is now just on 11 years since the only record of a Red
Knot in the ACT, at the FSP. So far as I know, there has never been a
report of a Great Knot here. This does not mean people should stop
looking. Now would be a good time. As the books say, these species
often occur with godwits. A possible reason for the scarcity of knots is
that we get so few godwits here. Incidentally, the original – and perhaps
preferable – pronunciation of the name was “K’NOT ”, from the
voice.
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