Swinhoe's Snipe in Yungaburra, Atherton Tablelands, Qld

["Alan Gillanders" <>]

Greetings,
Taking a break from cyclone prep., I can report that there are Swinhoe's Snipe 
in the paddock below my house. Normally there is a small wetland at the bottom 
of the paddock but since all the rains of last year and despite two dry weeks, 
more than half the paddock is boggy. This makes 193 species for the home block 
list and the first since 12/08/09. There are Latham's snipe there also. I 
suspect these are heading back north as they largely (but not totally) 
disappear from the district around Christmas.

I'll have to look outside during the eye of the cyclone as a friend saw frigate 
birds go over on Christmas day.

Rest over, back to work.
Alan
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