On Sunday March 1 Joh van Tieman, Camilla Wren and myself visited Cape
Edgecumbe/Coral Beach Bowen, Queensland in search of nesting Black-naped
Terns. Time 09.40 - 11.40. SE moderate breeze.
The tide on this particular day was one of the biggest for the season
and it was pleasing to observe that the area where the BNTerns would
have possibly nested was still high and dry.
No breeding sites were observed in the area that proved most suitable
but that is not to say that they hadn't been utilised earlier. I think
the report I read was for January 1998.
Birds observed Wandering Tattlers (breeding plumage) 2
Sooty Oystercatcher 2
Large Sand Plovers 34
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Pied Cormorant 38
Silver Gull 11
Crested Tern 64
Black-naped Tern 8 (2 juveniles)
Little Tern 3
Details recorded for the Qld Wader Study Group. Joh was pleased with his
new bird the Wandering Tattler and we managed to pick up all
distinguishing features plus two calls when one bird was in flight.
Jon Wren
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