Gooday Jill, Steve and others
I done a wader count at Bowen Sat.31 Jan. and started approx. 1 hour after
high tide. Due to the weather conditions the tide was exceptionally high and
covered the normal roosting site for waders at the head of Doughty's Creek
Bowen.
On returning later when the sand-bank started to appear from the waves I
observed Great Knots, Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrel and Eastern Curlew flying
from the mangrove lined foreshore out onto the sand-bank.
Bar-tailed Godwits remained roosting mainly on the sandbar while the
remainder started feeding around the waters edge.
I did not actually see them roosting in the mangroves as visibility was
shocking on the weekend but from the general direction they came from one
would consider it a high possibility of them roosting in the mangroves.
Jon Wren
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