G'day Phil, Linda and All,
Just a footnote, there were 100-120 Red-necked Avocet at the old Wynnum
Refuse-tip site (end of the mangrove boardwalk) on Sunday.
Tom Tarrant
Phil & Linda Cross wrote:
> Like Trevor Ford and Jill Dening, we also spent Saturday surveying 3
> wader roosts at Deception Bay.
>
> Nothing much of interest at two of them, but the first site in the fish
> habitat reserve on South Esplanade held 608 Black-winged Stilt (quite a
> number of juveniles) and 310 Red-necked Avocet (8 juvenile). The return
> of such a large number of Avocets was wonderful to see. The best record
> we have recorded at this site was 384 in November 1995.
>
> Anyone wanting to see them on the low tide can view them on the mudflats
> at the end of Webster Road, South Esplanade.
>
> Looking forward to the count sheets from Jill and Trevor.
>
> Linda Cross
> Count Co-ordinator
> QWSG
> Bellmere
> SE Qld.
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