Flights of Oystercatchers

[L&L Knight <>]

It is interesting how aspects of bird behaviour can suddenly strike  
you as being strange.  I'm used to seeing small numbers of  
oystercatchers feeding together and large numbers roosting together,  
but not sizeable flocks flying together.
While having a picnic in the vicinity of Cleveland Pt [SEQ] I noticed  
successive flights of Pied Oystercatchers heading south [i.e. heading  
away from the Manly wader roost] - around about the peak time of a  
modest high tide.  While the first two flights were made up of a dozen  
or so birds, the third flight had 40-50 birds.
An interesting contrast to the single Osprey out stalking the mullet.

Regards, Laurie.
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