Re: [birdswa] Wood Sandpipers at Herdsman Lake

["Frank O'Connor" <>]

At 06:16 PM 2/01/2005, Gemfyre wrote:
> Yesterday
> and today.  9 Wood Sandpipers at Maurice Hamer park, between the two
> carparks.  If you're interested in seeing them they are near where
> the black-winged stilts tend to be.  The stilts are a lot more
> skittish than the sandpipers.
>  
> Apparently these are a rare migrant.  I
> saw two of these a few months ago in the same
> area.

They are an uncommon summer migrant in the south west.  Certainly
not rare.  One or two are seen every year at Herdsman Lake, but nine
is certainly a high count worthy of note.  I have seen nine or more
occasionally at Lake McLarty near Pinjarra, but even there 2 or three is
the more common number.

Has anyone visited Lake McLarty this summer?  I have had no
reports.

Very sad news about the death of Colin Davis due to mesothelioma. 
Colin has organised the summer wader counts in the south west, including
the special Rottnest weekend.  He also regularly counted Lake
McLarty.  He was also very influential in the recent counts of Lake
Macleod near Carnarvon.

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