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Hi all,
Saw the Canada Goose on Saturday in the same place
as John Reidy (and at the same time, nice to meet you - I was more suprised
to "tick" another birder). However I would like to add that anyone going to see
the Goose should try and get over to the sth side of Shoalhaven Heads / Comerong
Is Nature Reserve which is a great spot to visit (you can get there from Nowra
by Terera and Comerong Is Rd then a ferry that takes you over the river). You
could also walk over there from Shoalhaven but theres some interesting scrub on
the Is for bush birds.
On Saturday saw heaps of waders from Comerong Is
with around 50 Red Knot, 130 Barwits, 100+ Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper, 15
Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Little Tern, at least 1 Black-Tailed Godwit, 3 Eastern
Curlew, 1 Whimbrel and no less than 90 Pacific-Golden Plover (with one
particularly trying hard to be an Lesser GP, but couldn't be comfortable with
wing length - certainly pale greyish and no black armpit and looked different in
terms of head shape/ neck proportions).
Cheers
Simon.
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