Missing migrants

["Philip Jackson" <>]

Jen & others
I have never seen WTP so birdless. As part of our Twitchathon preparation we 
have had two visits to the Werribee Treatment Plant over the lat week. and 
whilst we saw some great birds, the numbers were way down. We also struggled 
to find a musk duck (normally very common) and we had to search long & hard, 
scanning the much smaller flocks of waders, to find a few sharp-tailed 
sandpipers. Not a single avocet . We, too, wonder where the waders have 
gone. I can understand that, with dams, lakes & swamps full, the waterfowl 
are elsewhere, but the lack of waders is surprising. I can only hope that 
they are elsewhere. It is shaping up to be an interesting birding summer 
judgimg from the posts coming in.
Philip Jackson