Well Ian, you've got me stuffed!
But, I did see thousands of Banded Stilts, young and old, at Penrice
Saltfields today. Mostly in the pond where the Phalaropes were Jan - April
this year. They were all spread out across the pond, not banding together
in groups.
Tony.
At 04:52 8/10/00 +0930, you wrote:
Dear Birders
With all this rubbish going on about banding versus no banding it should
be noted that some of the Banded Stilts at Lake Eyre North recently were
observed with metal leg bands and yellow flags on their legs. As
described by Dr Clive Minton in his paper, these birds were apparently
tagged at Lake Ballard in WA which proves there is at least some
interaction between West Australian and Eastern Australian populations
of Banded Stilts.
SO TO BRING SOME SENSE BACK INTO THE BANDING DISCUSSION, observers who
see large numbers of Banded Stilt should attempt to establish the
following! How many unbanded, Banded Stilts are unbanded? and how many
Banded Stilts without bands are banded? and how many Banded Stilts with
bands are unbanded? and how many banded, Banded Stilts are banded? To
give them them every opportunity to survive without disturbance, none of
the recently bred Lake Eyre Banded Stilts which at present are all
unbanded were banded.
However it should be noted that unbanded banded stilts with or without
bands may be juveniles (with grey legs) or non breeding younger adults
(with pink legs). And the banded Banded Stilts with or without bands
could be young adults in breeding plumage or may be older adults that
retain their bands.
Regards
Ian May
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