Hi Everyone,
Just letting you know that the migratory terns are present on the
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, in good numbers again for the summer season.
My team of experienced people did a shorebird and tern survey in the
Noosa estuary yesterday, as we do in every month of the year. We cover
the high and low tides of the day with a break in between, followed by
an evening count of terns arriving from the ocean to roost for the night.
Last night as we started the evening count I estimated the flock already
roosting to be about 2350 strong, with 60% being migratory terns
(Common, White-wing and Little) and 40% being Crested Terns. In the
following hour and a half we added to that by 3500 Cresteds and 5880
migrants.
We failed to find the pair of Beach Stone-curlews. If anyone sees them
in the estuary, would you kindly let me know?
Cheers,
Jill
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Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
26° 51' 41"S 152° 56' 00"E
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