Hi Darryl
To answer your query, Yes. These are the main
locations. Especially the following beach sites (from
east to west) from Warnambool to Goolwa in South Oz.
Killarney east of Port Fairy, Vic
Yambuck, west of Port Fairy
Near Portland, Vic
Portland Bay, Vic
Discovery Bay, Vic
Nelson Beach, Vic
Port Macdonnel west of the light house, SA
Nene Valley SA(major site)
Blackfellows Caves SA
Carpenter Rocks SA
Number Two rocks to Southend (the largest numbers are
usually found here)
Nora Corena, SA
Kingston to the Marray River mouth SA(Coorong Beach)
Until recently in these areas Sanderling were found in
parties up to 200 birds and occasionally formed flocks
of 500+. Probably moving between sites the total
population was less than 1100 birds, that was until
leg flagging of them commenced sveral years ago. The
population of Sanderling has now crashed. Though more
than 650 (60%+) have been flagged recently, virtually
no marked birds can be found now. Local birds are
adults and the population crash of Sanderling in the
area correlates to the timing and number of birds leg
flagged. Please inform me if local birds are known to
be a different population every year and if the
flagged individuals are known to have gone elsewhere
if not dead?
There is plenty of evidence to show that populations
of Curlew sandpiper and Sanderling have been damaged
from leg flagging. But many banders will not
acknowledge this. It seems they have not even
considered the problem. Are there any current research
projects where the main objective is designed to find
out if leg flagging is destructive? Manipulating
statistics with occasional sightings of flagged birds
does not tell us what happened to the remaining birds.
It shows only there is an occasional survivor.
Objective research of this primary issue would
demonstrate that leg flagging small waders is a
completely destructive process. We can hope it stops
before irreversible damage is done.
Cheers
Kym Bennet (with 1 T)
Carnegie, Victoria
--- Darryl McKay <> wrote: >
Kym, could you post the location of the wader
> research sites.
>
> Darryl McKay
> Bankstown NSW
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