Hi all:
Apparently it was a pretty mild summer this year in East Asia, and the
waders have been on the move through southern Japan since July. I was
planning a trip to Daijyugarami next week, but seems I missed most of
the migration by being in Australia until August 28. Still, there is a
chance of Nordmann's Greenshank and Spoonbill Sandpiper along will the
usual Greater Sand Plovers, Mongolian Plovers, Red & Great Knots,
Dunlin, godwits, dowitchers, stints, etc. Not sure how many of those
birds will make it all the way to Australia though.....
Cheers,
John
www.johnandrewwright.com
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Dimitris Bertzeletos
<> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I can add that there are good numbers (low hundreds) of Curlew Sandpiper,
> Red-necked Stint in Port Hedland and Dampier. Bar-tailed Godwit, Eastern
> Curlew, Whimbrel, Grey-tailed Tattler, Common Greenshank, Great Knot, are
> present in reasonable numbers (30-100). While other migrant shorebird species
> are present in smaller numbers. Notable passage of White-winged Trillers,
> Rainbow Bee-eaters and Sacred Kingfishers in the last few days as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> D.
>
>> From:
>> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:19:17 +0800
>> To:
>> CC: ;
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Wandering Tattlers back already
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Yes many migratory shorebirds have started to return but is fairly normal to
>> be happening at this time of the year.
>> Most birds arriving over the past few weeks will most likely be failed
>> breeders or females.
>>
>> In the past days in Broome we have started seeing juvenile birds of Greater
>> Sand Plover, Black-tailed Godwit and Curlew Sandpipers.
>> Most will trickle back in over the next 6 weeks or so.
>> However most Oriental Plovers and Pratincole will be a bit later.
>>
>> 3 months seems a very short time to be away so I assume its unlikely to be
>> the last birds to leave and the first birds back.
>> Depending on the species involved they may need to stop at several places on
>> their way north approx 4-6 weeks then breed with an incubation of 3 weeks.
>> Depending on the sex and the species to what they do next but several weeks
>> of fattening and then head back. This would be cutting the 3 months away
>> pretty fine but possible.
>>
>> The other option could also be that these individuals were not adults maybe
>> 2nd year birds that obtained breeding plumage but didnt migrate and moved to
>> some other place relatively close.
>>
>> Who knows really? I guess the main thing is is that they are back safely
>> after dodging habitat loss after habitat loss to and from their breeding
>> grounds.
>>
>> Cheers Adrian
>>
>>
>>
>> On 31/08/2012, at 1:11 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
>>
>> > I wonder if that is a reflection on the conditions in their northern
>> > hemisphere range?
>> >
>> > It has always seemed rather inefficient to fly from one end of the planet
>> > to another to breed. Nature tends not to be inefficient. But then, there
>> > are humans.
>> >
>> > Carl Clifford
>> >
>> > On 31/08/2012, at 2:28 PM, "Greg Roberts" <> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I had Wandering Tattlers in breeding plumage today at Alexandra Headland
>> >> on
>> >> the Sunshine Coast. It appears these birds have been absent on migration
>> >> for
>> >> a mere three months.
>> >>
>> >> See here for pictures and more: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/
>> >>
>> >> Greg Roberts
>> >>
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