http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s915018.htm
Friday, August 1, 2003. 10:43am (AEST)
Banded stilts converge on Flinders Island
Bird watchers on Flinders Island are being treated to a rare sight.
More than 1,000 banded stilts have deserted their South Australian home
in favour of the island's rugged east coast.
The species has only been sighted in Tasmania a few times over the past
150 years and they were last spotted at Lauderdale in 1976.
Wildlife biologist Stewart Blackhall says the recent sighting is the
largest ever reported in Tasmania.
"It's extremely exciting for anyone who is interested in unusual bird
sightings," he said.
"They're spending a lot of time of the east coast of Flinders Island
moving between Sellers Lagoon and Logan Lagoon and down to Adelaide Bay
in the south-east corner near Lady Baron."
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