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This is my first time on the mailing list. Just
like to thank Jill Dening and helpers at the tern i.d
day at Caloundra sand banks. Had a great morning
and would recommend it to anyone interested.
Got a great view of the laughing
gull this morning (after dropping the kids off at Woorim
beach).
It was on the sand bar ( near Buckleys
Hole) with 60+ crested terns, 40 silver gulls, 3 common
terns, 2 gull-billed terns and a lone
lesser crested tern (a lifer for me ).Also spotted a pair of wandering
whistling - ducks loafing on the edge of the
lagoon opposite the bird-hide.
Popped in at the Kakadu
beach wader roost on the way home. No terns or waders ( maybe
they'd
been disturbed by the thoughtless people
who'd parked their boat and were playing with their dog!)
But their were 17 pied oyster-catchers, 17
black-winged stilts, 30+ silver gulls and 1 sooty
oyster-catcher
around the lagoon behind the
beach. Happy birding to all. John Kooistra ,
Landsborough,QLD
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