ABC news story on birds in South Australia?

["Chris Sanderson" <>]

Hi Greg,

I believe the official count of Oriental Pratincoles at Anna Plains/80 Mile
Beach was 2.88 million, arrived at by three separate counts by different
observers to ensure impartiality.  It must have been an amazing sight.

Regards,
Chris

On Feb 7, 2008 9:47 AM, Greg & Val Clancy <> wrote:

> The news item was about the largest flock of birds ever recorded in
> Australia??? half a million Banded Stilts.  What about the Oriental
> Pratincoles near Broome a couple of years ago.  How many were there of
> them?
> Maybe they were referring to the largest flock ever recorded of Banded
> Stilts.  I may have missed some of the salient points of the item as I was
> working at the time.
>
>
> Greg Clancy
>
>
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