Hi All, as Mike reported yesterday, Brian Russell and myself relocated a bird
that Brian suspected was a SIPO two weeks ago. He'd sent me some photos that
looked promising re; legs but other details were needed. The next suitable
tides were this weekend gone so we went to the area where we frequently
photograph waders and found a party of about 80 Pied Oystercatchers of mixed
local and NSW birds. Within about two minutes we had located the SIPO and began
taking hundreds of photos as the tide began to push the group ever closer to us
and we managed to capture most if not all the salient features needed for a
submission to BARC. As far as I know this is the 3rd record for the greater
Brisbane region.
The tides will still be suitable for the next few days and the bird should stay
for some while barring accident. The location is Orana Esplanade on Pt.
Halloran at Victoria Point and the particular raised shingle beach is roughly
adjacent to 21-23 Orana Esplanade. A word of caution, these birds are used to
human traffic going to and fro but object to anyone or thing joining them on
their patch once they have arrived. One merely has to sit on the wall and wait
for the tide to push the birds up to you. A scope will not be necessary, we
photographed the SIPO down to about 6-7 metres! At the moment the tides are
reaching the upper levels of comfort for the birds at this site and after a
while they will fly off to other roosts, so my advice is to get there about a
hour before high tide and just sit and wait. To anyone not familiar with the
species I can send them some photos and info to help them locate this visitor
from NZ. Cheers - Paul W.
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