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Gooday all,
On the weekend of 11-12 October 2003 World Wide Fund for
Nature and the Qld Wader Study Group conducted its third high tide wader
count in the Mackay region Queensland. Locations North and South of
Mackay were visited by a number of observers and counters.
A highlight of the weekend count was the location of George
and Mildred (as confirmed by Desley Williams) a pair of Beach Stone Curlews at
Blacks Beach, Mackay, Qld. George? and Mildred? have bred in this location
previously and seemed very agitated at our presence with much tail-bobbing and
high-pitched single note whistle by one bird. Ian Sutton managed to get a couple
of shots with his digital camera but I'm unaware of the quality. From the
behaviour exhibited I feel that breeding has taken place and trust that a birder
in the Mackay region can follow up the sighting.?
Jon Wren
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