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Pin-tailed Snipe at Jerra

To: Kim Farley <>
Subject: Pin-tailed Snipe at Jerra
From: Cornelia Battisson via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 11:47:43 +0000

It’s a shame we are just hearing about it now!

 

From: Canberrabirds On Behalf Of Kim Farley via Canberrabirds
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2024 7:17 PM
To: Ian Fraser <>
Cc: Cog line <>
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Pin-tailed Snipe at Jerra

 

A very exciting record. Thank you for sharing it with us Ian. Excellent work on the part of Alistair and Milburn, with sharp work in getting that recording on the phone. 

Kim

 

On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 11:49AM Ian Fraser via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

I’ve just been sent a copy of Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC)
Report #1257, regarding a 2022 record of a Pin-tailed Snipe at
Jerrabomberra, which has just been accepted by the committee. The report
is not yet available on the BARC website, which appears to be behind due
to the redesigning of the overall BA website. The record is described in
the report as ‘remarkable’, unsurprisingly given that it is the first
substantiated record from the entire east coast of Australia. The
observers – local birders Alastair Smith and Peter Milburn – noted
subtle differences from Latham’s Snipe in size, short tail and trailing
legs, but crucially they also noted the difference in call and were able
to obtain a usable recording of it on a phone (I find that bit
remarkable too!) which they then converted to a sonogram. I guess the
issue now is, was this an ultra-unlikely vagrant, or have they been
present all along? If the latter, they’re certainly not common or the
banding studies would presumably have turned one up by now. In any case,
an excellent piece of field ornithology and follow-up research.

cheers

Ian

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Blog: http://ianfrasertalkingnaturally.blogspot.com.au
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