I spent this morning (19/3/06) birding in the Hunter Estuary near
Newcastle (approx. 170km north of Sydney CBD).
On Ash Island, 2 Yellow Wagtails were seen together at their usual place
along Wagtail Way. One of them was in full breeding plumage and the
other almost, and both appeared to be the usual race simillima. I never
get sick of seeing these birds despite having seen them well over a
dozen times over several years at this regular location.
Also on Ash Island were at least 5 Brown Quail, an adult White-bellied
Sea-eagle, 2 Brown Falcons, Red-kneed Dotterel, a few Eastern Curlews,
at least 25 Marsh Sandpiper and 10 Greenshank, several Pied Stilts, lots
of Tawny Grassbirds, Sacred Kingfisher, and White-breasted Woodswallows.
White-fronted Chats and Mangrove Gerygones were also heard.
A brief visit at high tide near Stockton Bridge yielded another adult
White-bellied Sea-eagle, 8 Red-capped Plovers, 3 Red-necked Stints, 200
plus Bar-tailed Goswits, 100 plus Eastern Curlew, a Whimbrel, 23
Grey-tailed Tattler, 15 Terek Sandpipers, 3 Pied Oystercatchers, a
Gull-billed Tern and 2 Caspian Terns. Further down stream were also 8
Common Terns.
Edwin Vella
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