Beach Sightings

[Judith L-A <>]

Belinda, is this Brighton and Scarborough beaches near Brisbane?

JLA

> Went to
> Brighton Beach (just south of Scarborough Beach) today and actually
> saw some interesting birds.
>  
> A pair of
> crested terns were among the silver gulls.  I've seen them there
> before.
>  
> A little
> later a juvenille pacific gull flew past, a nice
> surprise.
>  
> Then the
> biggest surprise of all, a flock of what looked like black-winged or
> banded stilts.  They didn't strike me as black-winged stilts or
> avocets so I'm thinking they were banded stilts.  Is it
> common for these waders to be seen at the beach?  Anyone know
> what species they were most likely to have been?
>  
> Belinda

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Judith L-A
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