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Oystercatchers on grass

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Subject: Oystercatchers on grass
From: Michael Todd <>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:16:17 +1000
Hello Peter and birding-ausers,

Yep, I think the soft ground caused by flooding or lots of rain is the the key factor. We have had a bit of rain here in Tassie of late (whereas before it had been quite dry) and the grass lawns are all soft. I saw some more Oystercatchers up on the lawns along the Derwent River about 10 km north of Hobart this afternoon.

No-one has mentioned having seen Sooty Oystercatchers feeding in the same way though. Was this as unusual as I thought?

Cheers

Mick

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 wrote:

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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