Hi Colin
Yep I would agree but Ash Island certainly still has a lot to offer
them. There is tonnes of insects for them to catch and for the many
swallows about. I am waitng for a Red-rumped Swallows to makes its way
there too!
I also reckon one or two Yellow Wagtails turn up/pass through in Sydney
possible each year. There should be at least one or two or more at
Werribee in VIC!!
Cheers!
Edwin
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From:
On Behalf Of Colin R
Sent: Monday, 20 March 2006 11:58 AM
To: John Leonard; Birding-aus
Subject: 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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