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G'day all,
Yesterday afternoon I went for a quick visit to our
Lake Moondarra.
I visited my favourite location Wide
Bay
The range of Waders was miserable, 1000+
Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, a few Marsh
Sandpipers and an unidentified
Stint.
But amongst the huge rafts of waterfowl were a
dozen pair of the beautiful Green-pygmy Goose & a
dozen Freckled Duck
On the adjacent grasses were 100s of
Australian Pratincoles, and several Oriental
Plover
BUT, in the distant a pair of birds that
appeared to have crests puzzled me. When I got closer, I was able to pick up the
indistinct breast bands of Banded Lapwings.
Earlier resident Mount Isans had recorded
this bird, but until yesterday it had escaped me. The nearest I have seen these
birds was 170 km SW of Mount Isa, near the NT border at Urandangie,
A bit further on around the 4 km shores of this bay
I started recording dozens of Oriental Pratincoles
They have been turning up late November each year
and were first reported this year by Stephen
Keen
I was able to get some reasonable pix. My first record of this bird was Christmas day
2001
Regards from
Bob Forsyth
Mount Isa, NW
Qld.
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