Hi,
I didn't speculate on ship assistance, mainly because the bird should be in
Siberia right now. It's not all that likely that it would have made landfall in
Esperance, even if it had been ship-assisted.
Further, it wasn't found on a ship. The details are sketchy but AQIS informed
me it was picked up on land.
Regards,
Simon.
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> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:47:22 +1000
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Provenance of the ex-Siberian Thrush
>
> I keep expecting someone to pose the question: What are the chances that
> this is a ship-assisted record? Esperance seems to suggest the
> possibility/probability, doesn't it?
>
> Does anyone have any information about this record, or about Esperance
> shipping movements, which would make this more or less likely?
>
> Richard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2011 7:40 PM
> To: Simon Mustoe
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Photos of Siberian Thrush
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>
>
> Simon,
>
> A rather cracking find, pity it was dead and can't really be added to
>
> the Australian list.. I presume that it has island hopped down the
>
> Sundas and Nusa Tenngara, as the are not renowned for long hop
>
> flights, preferring to refuel every day or so. Pity it had not been
>
> found earlier on its Australian leg but there is a lot of open space
>
> down the WA coast and not many birders looking. Also they are furtive
>
> little devils. It took me 2 hours to finally nail my first one,
>
> despite the fact that it was calling regularly.
>
> Thanks for reporting this discovery.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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>
>
> Ps don't suppose anyone could tell which race it was? I presume it was
>
> siberica, as the chances of a davisoni getting here would be an even
>
> more of a wonder.
>
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