Hi again Phil, when one takes in the outer Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea
Territories and I would imagine also the Solitary Isles complex off Coff's, I
would think there would be a substantial number of this species spending not
just the summer months but also a few overwintering in our region. Cheers -
Paul.
>>> Phil Straw <> 9/02/2011 9:33 am >>>
Hi Paul,
Yes, I have seen photos of Wandering Tattler flocks in SEQ.
In NSW we probably have up to 15 or 20 spread along the whole coastline (yes, I
know we are your poor cousins), though most are missed by the birding
community. I have seen 15 during one survey between Tweed Heads and Coffs
Harbour (max 2 in one place). Single birds seem to turn up on a regular basis
in the Hunter region and round Sydney.
There must be a few hundred around the entire coastline of Australia but they
do not rate a mention in Watkins 1993 A National Plan for Shorebird
Conservation in Australia or Bamford et al 2008 Migratory Shorebirds of the
East Asian - Australasian Flyway: population estimates and internationally
important sites.
It is great to see Australian birders now starting to look closely at the more
difficult to ID/often missed birds, especially with the prevalence of digital
camera equipment. In Europe it is interesting to see detailed reports of
sub-species of birds that were even a challenge to ID in the hand many years
ago.
While I am at it, can I ask everyone to consider sending counts of waders to
the Shorebirds 2020 coordinator in Melbourne; Golo Maurer
<>. Many perceived 'not so important' sites are
collectively extremely important. I am particularly keen to get sites on the
map that have at least 0.1% of the flyway population of any migratory species,
or a total of 2000 shorebirds, or at least 15 shorebird species. The is a draft
document 'Significant impact guidelines for 36 migratory shorebird species'
with the Commonwealth Government at the moment that risks not seeing the light
of day if we do not emphasis the importance of these sites.
Keep up the good work,
Phil
Phil Straw
Vice Chairman
Australasian Wader Studies Group
www.awsg.org.au
Tel: 61 2 9597 7765
Mob: 0411 249 075
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On 09/02/2011, at 8:39 AM, Paul Walbridge wrote:
Hi Phil & Birding-aussers, up here in SEQ we see numbers of Wandering Tattlers
annually and you do not necessarily need to put the birds up to here the calls.
I guess with the mainly solitary birds that occasionally turn up down south,
they have nothing to link with. On most prominent rocky headlands up here there
are often several birds in one general area and they call frequently to each
other as a contact. I have photos of up to 11 roosting together. Cheers - Paul
W.
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