Gooday birding-ausers,
Recently during a wader count at the Bowen Saltworks, 20.01 148.13
Queensland, I noticed the following behaviour by 22 Black-fronted Plovers.
The first indication of activity was the "metallic clicking" call of the
birds. The birds circled upwards in unison in a tight spiralling formation
continuously calling until they reached approx. 15 - 20 m height.
At that point the birds descended earthwards in a scattering of birds that
eventually landed enmasse at a shallow area of a pond where they started to
feed.
This is the first time I have observed such behaviour and immediately
checked my HANZAB for any reference.
Has any other birding-auser observed such behaviour?
Jon Wren
PO Box 868
Bowen (Climate Capital of Australia)
Queensland Australia 4805
Phone 07 4786 2614H Mobile 0412 789 285
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