G'day Judith
I was at Manly for the high tide on Sat morning - it was a fairly high
tide, so there were about 1000 birds present. Many of the stints are
colouring up, the many of golden plovers are getting close to full
breeding plumage and many sand plovers are quite red. I only saw a
couple of Curlew Sands, but one of them was extremely red. As for the
terns, Gull-billed were also there. I also saw four other birders
there, including a party of three who looked like they were doing a
wader count.
Regards, Laurie.
On 06/04/2008, at 10:06 AM, Judith Hoyle wrote:
Hi Birding-Ausers,
On a whim we went to the Manly high tide roost yesterday well past
high tide so did not see the usual numbers of waders. No cosmic
rarities I'm afraid, but did see a single Double-banded Plover (non-
breeding) in the first scrape on the way in - it flew off with a few
Red-necked Stints, but would think it would come back with the next
high tide. Also had great views of Lesser Sand Plover and Pacific
Golden Plover in full breeding plumage and there were a few Little
Tern and Lesser-crested Tern present, too. Not a wasted trip after
all!
Regards
Judith
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