Mike Carter asked :
> Do you ever see Wood Sandpipers in June up there in Broome? The
team which
> surveyed the Eastern Treatment Plant SE of Melbourne in my absence
last
> Sunday 25 June, (I was engaged on another trivial matter re some
Lapwing)
> logged a Wood Sandpiper. When I quizzed them, some wondered why
believing
> they frequently overwintered but one buckled under intense
interrogation and
> became hesitant re the ID. So I checked it out tonight. It is a
Wood
> Sandpiper in breeding plumage! I got some distant pics. The Atlas
has no
> June records for anywhere in Australia but a few in July hence the
> 'occasional in winter'. I reckon its the first winter record for
Victoria
> and would like to know its significance on an Australia wide
scale.
I have one record at the Argyle Diamond Mine in the east Kimberley in
each of May, June, July and August. The record in June was this year
of two birds.
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References
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