Hi All,
I'm writing to find out what people are seeing around the shorebird
traps. I have noticed a depletion of ranks of migratory shorebirds in
the places I survey, and wonder if it's local or not.
My team surveyed Noosa this week and found Pacific Golden Plover
completely absent, Bar-tailed Godwit about half what I expected, and
other species down. Even Double-banded Plovers are half the numbers of
two winters ago (no numbers for last winter). Nothing was up. I was
paddling the high tide in Caloundra a couple of weeks ago and had
trouble rounding up half a dozen shorebirds. That's serious depletion.
Dorothy Pashniak has just come back from a roost she covers in the Great
Sandy Strait, and she says much the same thing. Unfortunately I don't
have long term numbers for the Noosa estuary, having only started
surveys less than 3 years ago.
May I have some feedback from others who are in touch with regular
numbers? Has anyone seen any reports of the summer catchings of
juveniles in NWAust or Vic?
Cheers,
Jill
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Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
26° 51' 41"S 152° 56' 00"E
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