Hi all,
Since the last posting from Cairns a week ago, wader numbers have started to
build up. Numbers of
Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper and Black-tailed
Godwit in particular. A
quick stroll along the esplanade this afternoon (28 Oct.) produced the species
and numbers listed
below. Pied Imperial Pigeon numbers remain low but I did manage to find two
nests today.
(The Beach Stone-Curlew mentioned as having a chick at the Cairns Airport, lost
it the following day
after the posting on 22nd Oct. The pair of BSC are still hanging around and
may nest again).
Cairns Esplanade 1500 - 1615 28/10/99
Australian Pelican - 42
White-faced Heron - 7
Little Egret - 6
Great Egret - 11
Intermediate Egret - 4
Striated Heron - 4
Nankeen Night Heron - 2
Australian White Ibis - 2
Royal Spoonbill - 14
Buff-banded Rail - 1
Black-tailed Godwit - 57
Bar-tailed Godwit - 83
Whimbrel - 48
Eastern Curlew - 34
Marsh Sandpiper - 2
Common Greenshank - 5
Terek Sandpiper - 7
Grey-tailed Tattler - 16
Ruddy Turnstone - 2
Great Knot - 19
Red-necked Stint - 424
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - 156
Curlew Sandpiper - 122
Pied Oystercatcher - 3 (2 adult + 1 Juv.)
Red-capped Plover - 3
Lesser Sand Plover - 10
Greater Sand Plover - 1
Masked Lapwing - 14
Silver Gull - 283
Gull-billed Tern - 20
Caspian Tern - 3
Crested Tern - 3
Little Tern - 54
Rock Dove - 6
Spotted Turtle-Dove - 2
Peaceful Dove - 3
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon - 2
Rainbow Lorikeet - 2
Helmeted Friarbird - 4
Varied Honeyeater - 9
Leaden Flycatcher - 1
Willie Wagtail - 1
Figbird - 12
Yellow-bellied Sunbird - 2
Welcome Swallow - 3
Common Myna - Numerous
46 species
Cheers
Keith & Lindsay Fisher
PO Box 2209, Cairns QLD 4870
(Far North Queensland, just below the pointy bit on the east coast of Aust.)
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