Thanks David - I think there will be a number of people trolling the
area come the weekend - high tide is approx 4.30 am on Saturday and 5.30
am on Sunday in that immediate area....
Cheers and please all, keep any updates coming - my mobile is 0412 522
962 if anyone has anything worth txting I am more than happy to pass it
on!
Cheers
Colin
Brisbane
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:40:48 +1000, "david taylor"
<> said:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Going on the original posting the Deepwater Points Units are at 326
> Marine Parade, Labrador on the Gold Coast. The birds were seen on the
> open sand flats about 200 metres out using a scope. Whether they are
> regulars there no one knows. Still it must be a chance the birds
> frequent the same area. I presume the sand flats are subject to tides.
> I will attempt contact with Rod for further info.
>
> cheers
>
> David Taylor
>
>
>
> On 03/11/2008, at 6:49 PM, david taylor wrote:
>
> > Posted on behalf of Rod Bloss.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > David Taylor
> >>
> >>
> >> On 31/10/2008, at 9:56 AM, BRISBOCA wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I recently spent 6 days at my sisters residence at Deepwater Point
> >>> Units, Labrador, which overlooks the Broadwater and Southport Bar
> >>> on the Gold Coast.
> >>>
> >>> I was able to set up my telescope and watch a large number of
> >>> waders, seabirds and other waterbirds visiting the sandbank
> >>> opposite, which has now got mangroves and grassed areas over it
> >>> above the high tide mark. I observed a Beach Stone-Curlew, over a
> >>> hundred Little Terns, two pairs of Pied Oystercatchers with two
> >>> chicks each, amongst many other species which I will send to you
> >>> in the usual manner in due course.
> >>>
> >>> The purpose of this email is to notify you that at 12.15pm on
> >>> Sunday, 26th October, 2008, I spotted three Eurasian Curlews in
> >>> amongst a dozen or so Eastern Curlews feeding on the open sand
> >>> flats of the island about 200 metres away. I was flabbergasted
> >>> and immediately thought of who I could contact immediately and
> >>> nearest to me to come and confirm the sighting.
> >>>
> >>> It was the main Indy Race Day that day with F111's and Black Hawk
> >>> helicopters flying round and round over or close to the island and
> >>> it was making the birds jittery. I rang Judy Leitch at Runaway
> >>> Bay who immediately jumped in their car with her husband, Bruce,
> >>> and came straight over. I had the birds fixed in the scope as
> >>> Judy entered the Unit and she took my place. It wasn't long
> >>> before, with the help of our field guides, Judy confirmed the
> >>> sighting. Judy had brought her camera with her which hadn't got
> >>> the range to capture the birds and so she placed it over the
> >>> eyepiece of the scope lens and took a number of shots of them.
> >>> They have not come out perfect as everything that was white on the
> >>> birds appeared fawny coloured in the images, but they show where
> >>> the identifying features of the Eurasian Curlews are.
> >>>
> >>> The birds were first differentiated from Whimbrels which have a
> >>> similar white "wedge" on their rumps and white in the tail
> >>> feathers. These birds were larger and had the predominant long
> >>> curved bill of Curlews. They also did not have the black striping
> >>> over the crown as the Whimbrels have. The pure white wedges on
> >>> their rumps were quite clearly displayed as the birds moved their
> >>> wings slightly and white outer tail feathers could be seen as they
> >>> moved around. Comparisons of bill size were attempted but was
> >>> difficult to guage but both Judy and I felt that the bills of the
> >>> Eurasians where ever so slightly shorter but retained the long
> >>> curve. This conclusion was made as one of the questioned birds
> >>> stood in front of an Eastern Curlew, in more or less the same
> >>> stance, where the Eastern's bill almost touched the sand and the
> >>> Eurasian's was just short of the sand.
> >>>
> >>> The final piece of the jigsaw was observed by Judy who had the
> >>> scope at the time, when the birds took off heading north west
> >>> through towards the southern Moreton Bay islands. Judy is adamant
> >>> that she observed the clear white wedge and black and white barred
> >>> tail, as the birds turned three-quarter on to change direction. No
> >>> clear conclusion could be drawn regarding the size of the chevron
> >>> markings over the birds plumage.
> >>>
> >>> I have observed Eurasian Curlews on many occasions in the meadows
> >>> in England before coming to Australia and am familiar with their
> >>> appearance and differences to Eastern Curlews.
> >>>
> >>> A more formal record sheet will be submitted, along with a disc of
> >>> the images prepared by Judy Leitch, to BOCA, BA, GCCC, for their
> >>> findings.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Rod Bloss
> >>> PRES/SEC
> >>> BrisBOCA
> >>> Ph/Fax: (07) 3287 4411
> >>> Mob: 0422 194 664
> >>>
> >>
> >> David Taylor
> >> Brisbane
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > David Taylor
> > Brisbane
> >
> >
> >
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