Hunter Estuary - Sunday 19th March 2006

[Alan McBride <>]

Hi Alan et al,

Myself and Tony Palliser had two birds there in January (7th) and I believe there were other January & February records after this.

Regards

Alan

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On 20/03/06 17:20, "Stuart, Alan AD" <> wrote:

> 
> Mostly our records of Yellow Wagtail in the Hunter are for the period
> February-March.  But, we had brief November records last year and also
> in 2004.  
> 
> 
> All of which makes me wonder that they are in transit to/from somewhere
> else, when we have them in the Hunter.
> 
> They were recorded in 1993 and then in 1998.  After a gap in 1999, we've
> now had them every year since.  Most years the records have been of up
> to 4 birds but this season and in 1998, there were records of 6-7 birds.
> 
> It's interesting that some birds were seen this weekend just past, as
> prior to that there have not been any records for at least a couple of
> weeks.  Could they have been some other birds in transit?
> 
> Alan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Colin R
> Sent: Monday, 20 March 2006 11:58 AM
> To: John Leonard; Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Hunter Estuary - Sunday 19th March 2006
> 
> It's frustrating!!
> 
> I'm located in Brisbane and I can assure ALL foreign Wagtails that there
> is excellent habitat here to save them journeying further south!!
> 
> Seriously, though, is there any chance these Newcastle wagtails are
> resident? and just disappear for several months each year?? It is really
> weird. I assume as (so far as I know) only one possible wagtail sighting
> has occurred in SE Qld in the last few years, that they must travel down
> along, or behind, the range. Surely we couldn't be missing them every
> year?
> 
> Colin
> 
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:40:35 +1100, "John Leonard"
> <> said:
>> Interesting that a migratory bird with such low overall numbers in
>> Australai
>> should be seen so regularly in oine spot. Presumably just a few
>> individuals
>> returning year after year. Funny though when you think how much
>> potentially
>> suitable habitat there is for them. They would have flown over the
>> northern
>> Australian coast and then on over the interior (or down the east
> coast)
>> to
>> get to Ash Island, flying at least 1000km more than had to!
>> 
> 
>> John Leonard
>> 
> 
>> On 3/19/06, Edwin Vella <> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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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>> 
> 
>> 
> 
>> --
>> John Leonard
>> Canberra
>> Australia
>> www.jleonard.net
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