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Birding NSW weekend at Shoalhaven Heads

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Subject: Birding NSW weekend at Shoalhaven Heads
From: Penelope Drake-Brockman <>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:56:55 -0800 (PST)
Dear all

18 or so people took part in last weekend's Birding
NSW (NSW FOC) camp at Shoalhaven Heads, on the tidal
flats and 7 Mile Beach - Friday 8/Sunday 10 February
2002 - led by Allan Richards.

Very unusual sighting was a juvenile Australian
Pratincole Saturday afternoon 9 February at low tide
on the sand flats, and seen again Sunday morning out
on the beach.  Clear views by all - showing faint
streaking on head and chin.

Second unusual sighting was one Banded Stilt Friday
and Saturday feeding with a large flock (80-100) of
Bar-tailed Godwits (plus two Black-tails) on the tidal
flats. On Sunday, it was joined by a second, possibly
juvenile as was reported had only a very faint stomach
band.

No sightings of the Beach Stone-Curlew.

Other nice things were

Double-banded plovers - 3 or 4
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 only
Golden Plovers - 100 *
Red-necked Stints - 30 *
E. Curlews - 16
Great Knots - 4
Pied Oystercatchers - 5
Square-tailed Kites - 2
Hobby - 1 hunting over dunes Friday and Saturday
Brown Goshawk - 1
Marsh Harrier - 1
Red-capped Plovers - lots
White-bellied Sea-eagle - 1
Little Terns - difficult to count - at least 30
with 7 juveniles counted Sat. morning 
Caspian terns - 2

Bands on Little terns
1 - Right leg - Red over yellow
    Left leg - blue over metal

2 - right leg - red flag over metal
    left leg - something unreadable

Bands on Great Knot
1 - Right leg - green on upper leg
    left leg - metal lower leg

In all a great weekend despite the rain.




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