G'day Bob,
How can you tell the difference between an early arrival and an
over-wintering bird? I've read about some species [eg Curlew Sands]
where the males have a quick turn-around [they bugger off as soon as
they've finished mating], but there are species where part of the
population over-winters in the south.
Speaking heretically, there is evidence that climate change is
affecting intra-continental migrants - ( eg
http://www.int.iol.co.za/
index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20070817133039214C687097
Climate change ruffles winter birds August 17 2007 at 02:34PM ).
Perhaps there will come a time when a sub-group of the
cross-hemispherical migrants will decide to stay put in the southern
hemisphere and start breeding here as well.
Regards, Laurie.
On Saturday, August 18, 2007, at 08:42 AM, Bob Cook wrote:
Hi all,
Russ Lamb & I were at Ewan Maddocks Dam, close to Landsborough on the
Qld
Sunshine Coast, yesterday and saw first Latham's Snipe. Unfortunately,
shortly afterwards, the "neat" landowner at the edge of that part of
the dam
was busy slashing to very, very short every bit of vegetation at the
water's
edge. Needless to say that when we returned, there was no sign of the
Snipe
or the Buff-banded Rail that had been there earlier.
Bob Cook
-----Original Message-----
Hi Birders,
David Geering reported his first White-throated Gerygone at Wongarbon
near
Dubbo NSW on 16/8/07 while my first arrival was of 4 Latham's Snipe
today at
the Dairy Swamp, Tuggerah. I have been checking the swamp everyday
this
week because usually the first Snipe reports for NSw are generally
betwen
12-14 August each year!
Alan Morris
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