Hi Peter,
I have forwarded your posting to Marg Christian so she can note your
sighting of the Shelduck which is a rare one for Norfolk. I am a regular
visitor to Norfolk and enjoy getting my annual ticks of the endemics.
The summer months are extraordinary with seabirds nesting all over the
main island and in huge numbers on Philip Island. Even in winter there
are usually more seabirds and waders around than you saw. At Kingston
there are usually Golden Plovers, Double-banded Plovers, Whimbrels,
Bar-tailed Godwits, Wandering Tattlers and the Turnstones. Even though
the island is small I have only once seen the Wood-swallows. A group of
Swiftlets was sighted in March this year but no one was able to get a
positive id. They looked to me, and another observer who first observed
them and got a better look than me, to be White-rumped but don't they
all. In spite of being a small place, or perhaps because of it, Norfolk
can spring a few surprises both on land and at sea. Marg Christian is
definitely the person to contact if you are going there.
I agree with Mike that the "Golden Whistler', locally called 'Tamey'
should be a separate species.
Is the White-breasted White-eye extinct or extant? There have been
sightings in recent years so the opportunity exists for someone to have
there 15 mins of fame by finding it and getting the photo to prove it.
You will probably need a good head for heights because it is supposed to
live in the tops of the Norfolk Pine trees which are very tall.
Good luck. I hope to find it first so you have until March 2008 which
is when I will be there next.
Regards,
Barry Davies
Beechmont, Qld.
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