Hi
I think your explanation, Peter, is the correct one - the ground being
too hard in general because I, like a previous correspondent, used to
see PO feeding in playing fields and paddocks in Ireland regularly.
On the same subject but different bird, a couple of weeks ago I noticed
3 Bar-tailed Godwits feeding in the grass along the Esplanade in Cairns.
They were quite actively feeding a few feet away from parked cars and
the morning walkers/joggers etc.in the grass strip. I don't remember
seeing Godwits do this before.
Cheers
Colin
On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:56:16 +1000, said:
> Hi All,
>
> A few years back i saw a Peid Oystercatcher feeding on earthworms. It was
> probing deep into the ground with its bill, and it attracted a few
> scavenging silvergulls to its activities.
>
> This was down at St Leonards on the Bellerine Peninsula, Victoria, and
> was
> after flash flooding. It was on a coastal strip of land, but the water
> had
> obviosuly softened the ground enough for the oystercatcher to find it
> good
> feeding grounds.
>
> Perhaps this is not noted on mainland Australia much because of the
> usually unsoaked and hardened ground.
>
> Peter
>
>
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