Bob
The birds pictured in the blog post appeared to be in full breeding plumage.
Also, the one or two tattlers that overwintered at Alexandra Headland were
in non-breeding plumage.
I found in the past on North Stradbroke Island that the time the tattlers
returned could vary substantially from year to year.
Greg Roberts
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Subject:
Wandering Tattler time is approaching
From:
"Robert Inglis" < >
Date:
Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:57:04 +1000
Greg,
Are you sure they aren't just birds overwintering? Wandering tattlers do
overwinter on the Sunshine Coast most years and some even achieve a fair
degree
of breeding plumage.
My experience has been that the first new arrivals are juveniles and they
arrive around the end of October.
It would be a quick turnaround for birds that leave Australia in May to be
back
here in August.
Bob Inglis
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