Tony PALLISER wrote:
>
> A note for anyone thinking of looking for the Sydney Beach Stone-Curlew.
> Dion Hobcroft miraculously relocated the bird at Bonna Point - Kurnell
> this afternoon (02-June-1998).
>
> No doubt this is the same bird that was seen at Bonnievale Beach near
> Bundeena on Sunday and Coledale Beach near Wollongong some weeks back.
>
> I think this is the first record of this species for SYDNEY. Does anyone
> know of any other records? Are there any other birds south of Sydney?
>
>
> Regards
> Tony Palliser
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> Tony Palliser asked whether there were any previous records for Beach
> Stone-curlews in Sydney. The answer is "No". Up until 1960, the only record
> for NSW that McGill (Handlist of Birds in NSW) was aware of was "a pair that
> nested on the shore-line at Tweed Heads in October 1930". The nearest record
> to Sydney was a single bird at Norah Head 27/12/1959 (Emu 61,64) and Comerong
> Island 1/1/1978 (Aust. Birds 14,11). In 1997 a bird was subsequently again
> seen at Comerong Island and there have been these recent spate of records for
> the Shoalhaven, Wollongiong and Port Hacking. Numbers appear to be continuing
> to increase in NSW with about 7 resident pairs on the Mid-north and North
> Coast.
Alan Morris
NSWFOC Records Officer
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