On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Russell Woodford wrote:
> Has anyone noticed any big wader movements yet?
>
> Russell Woodford
Russell, did you mean big movements of waders or movements of big waders?
anyhow, at Yeppoon (central Queensland coast) on September 8th i saw
eastern curlew 114
whimbrel 34
red cappped plover 40
curlew sandpiper 1
bar tailed godwit 2
pied oystercatcher 2
golden plover 5
grey plover 2
the eastern curlew numbers have been increasing from a minimum of 39 in
July 12th, 72 on August 11th up to 114 on September 8th. there were about
150-160 present last summer. however the highlight of the morning was
seeing one of the golden plovers being taken and eaten by a peregrine
falcon. ive seen peregrines hunting over mudflats in Geelong, Victoria but
never successfully.
cheers
Anthony Mitchell
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