Hi Laurie
Wish I knew!!! I am not knowledgeable on over-wintering of species that are
generally migratory. I am sure others on this forum will be happy to
commence another lengthy thread on the subject!
Bob Cook
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of L&L Knight
Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2007 9:19 AM
To:
Subject: First Arrivals
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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