The breeding plumage LS at the WTP motivated me to pop down to the MWR
at midmorning today to see if I could find any birds of colour. The
fresh water pond was fuller than I've seen it for a while. There were
a couple of non-breeding stints and a collection of ~100 godwits and
gulls.
I moved onto the tidal pool. There were another dozen non-breeding
stints at first corner.
On the island, oystercatcher and tern numbers were down. There was a
Lesser-crested lurking with the Crested Terns.
On the far bank, there was a collection of Whimbrels, a lone Curlew
Sand, a few turnstones, and a mixed flock of stints, RCPs and Double-
bars. About 20 of the DBPs were in advanced breeding plumage, with
many in full breeding plumage. Is this a bit early for them to be so
dressed up in Australia?
Just when it was time to go, I noticed 3 golden plovers lurking in
some pond side vegetation [not their normal lurking point]. One of
them was at least halfway into breeding plumage, which I found
interesting - why would be bird that presumably overwintering be in
mixed plumage?
Regards, Laurie.
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