Just to clarify what I posted, "There has been a pair that bred there a month
or 2 ago" I'm not referring to a pair of SIPO's, but a pair of Pied
Oystercatchers.
And in case anyone cares, I went to the Royal NP (NSW) after my brief trip to
Kurnell, and the highlight was a single Wonga Pigeon on the southern part of
Lady Carrington Drive, around 1 k from the carpark. Apart from that, it was
very quiet. a few Lyrebirds, and the usual lesser-breasted blue swamp-emus.
Virtually nothing on the forest path - there was more birding action where the
bikes were riding, and the joggers running, which i found most strange. Has
anyone done the trip to the Limestone caves "1.6" km from the track just south
of the Paloma creek rest area? I was about to do it, but when i got around 400
m from Lady Carrington drive, the overgrown weeds and the ratio of brown snake
attack over seeing a Rock Warbler for the year became too strong so I turned
back. If I was with someone else I might've continued, but yeah - I obviously
didn't. If anyone has done it, is it worth the effort, and does the track clear
up further along?
Cheers again
Troy
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Hi Everyone,
I was at this spot briefly at around 7 on Sunday morning and saw 3 Aus.
Oystercatchers, as well as the usual suspects - ie: pelicans, ibis, chestnut
teal, swamphens etc. No SIPO's (as far as I could tell). There has been a pair
that bred there a month or 2 ago that have ahad a juvenile around recently -
could this be the SIPO? all I mean is a smaller/shorter bird (I've never seen
one, so I'm just going off field guides as to difference).
Anyway - all the Oystercatchers I've seen there recently have been the same as
the others: ie - Australian Pied Oystercatchers. I spent about 4 hours on the
other side of the bay at Bonna Pt on the previous sunday (4th March) trying to
find my yellow legged waders (which ended up being tattlers) and saw approx 9
Pied Oystercatchers flying in the direction of Quibray Bay/the wader spot
across the road from Cronulla High - ie: S/SW).
Any further info/photos? I'd love for this to be confirmed! I'll be out there
on the weekend having a look for sure.
Cheers
Troy
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HI all,
I visited the 'Metromix" roost area this morning to check this out.
No Oystercatcher's at 11.00 and one Australian version at 12.15
Very little else there for the 3.30 or so High tide. Royal Spoonbill 1,
Striated Heron 1 Juv and usual ibis, C Teal etc.,
Maybe if the person (Stephen Ransom) who reported it to Eremea Birds could post
some comments it may be helpful?
Cheers
Alan
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On 12/03/2007, at 22:36 , Murray Lord wrote:
A sighting has been submitted to Birdline NSW of a South Island Pied
Oystercatcher from Kurnell on Sunday - see the latest sightings at
http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=2
I have no more information than what's on the page at this stage.
Regards
Murray Lord
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