Hi all
It looks like we're having a bigger than usual influx of Banded
Stilts. Sat 6th I had a look at Moolap Saltworks from Portarlington
Rd, just past the Geelong Botanical Gardens/Eastern Park (it is no
longer permissable to enter the saltworks without rather complicated
prior arrangements). Just after the Animal Health Lab turnoff there
is a small brick building (a power transformer or something???) - the
pond beside this held over 50 Banded Stilts, plus a few Black-winged.
Closer to the Animal Health entrance there were well over 100 Banded,
a few dozen Black-winged, plus 20 or so Red-necked Avocets. As far
as I could see over these ponds, Banded Stilts were by far the most
numerous of these 3 species- unusual for here. One group of 48
Bandeds were nearly all "white" birds (i.e. breast band very pale or
not visible) with only 5 or 6 "banded" birds. Is this usual at this
time of year?
Russell
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