Maarten Hulzebosch found a single Long-toed Stint at Werribee today
(a tick for me - lucky that I turned up when I did!) The bird wasn't
moving much and was partially hidden for most of the time we watched
it. For a minute or two it obligingly sat in front of a Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper - a bit like big brother and little brother. Fantastic
for comparison. It was more or less in the middle of 35E pond 8, on
a strip of mud with some vegetation - I think the 3 LT Stints seen
last week were on pond 9. Today 9 was full of water - the only mud
area was being dredged, or at least that what it looked like. There
was a large scoop digging mud out of one corner of the pond.
There were half a dozen Red Knots on 35E-8, and a few Freckled Duck
and 20 Cape Barren Geese at Paradise Road.
Neither Maarten nor others we spoke to had seen any sign of
Phalaropes, Pratincoles, or Broad-billed Sandpiper. Maarten had
checked out Ryan's swamps but we hadn't heard anything about T-
Section and Austin Road.
It's always great to meet up with other birders, especially people
from Birding-Aus, and this added to a very pleasant day out. I also
should mention the very efficient and helpful staff at Melbourne
Water's Brooklyn office, where I had to make a quick detour to renew
my permit.
Russell Woodford
On 10/01/2006, at 10:32 AM, Paul McDonald wrote:
Hi All,
Looks like I can finally get some time off to have a look at the
farm either tomorrow or the next day. There haven't been any
postings for a few days on the whereabouts of the recent rarities.
Has anyone seen the pratincole, long-toed stints and/or phalarope
recently? If so were they in the usual spots posted previously?
Many thanks,
Paul McDonald
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