Sorry, other way around,
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jx231gscnwdskjk/Do9EqCntix
not
https://www.dropbox/sh/jx231gscnwdskjk/Do9EqCntix
Sent from my iPad
On 30/01/2013, at 5:30 AM, "Peter Shute" <> wrote:
> That address should be
> https://www.dropbox/sh/jx231gscnwdskjk/Do9EqCntix
> not
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jx231gscnwdskjk/Do9EqCntix
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 30/01/2013, at 5:26 AM, "Jeanie Churchward"
> <<>> wrote:
>
> Hi I just sent the entry below for submission to Birding Aus but I don't
> think the link is working. It is Bill Stents' dropbox,
>
> Sorry to be a pain, Jeanie
>
>
>
> From: Jeanie Churchward
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2013 9:04 PM
> To: <>
> Subject: Presents from Cyclone Ozwald at Dundowran Beach, Hervey Bay, QLD
>
>
>
> Hi every one, Myn husband, Ian and I live on the beach at Dundowran which is
> just north of Hervey Bay. Saturday night, the 26th, January was a night of
> little sleep for us - we experienced extremely wild, destructive winds with
> trees coming down, a huge king tide that made quite a mess of the beach and
> an incredible amount of rain. However, I'm sure lots of people experienced
> this and worse but on Sunday morning as we surveyed our newly acquired moat
> and lake we were surprised by the many unique presents that Cyclone Ozwald
> had blown in.
>
> First, we saw 2 common noddies fly past - now that is a strange thing to see
> in our area so there was a mad panic for the bincos and camera. The next
> surprise was all the terns we found sheltering from the winds in our yard -
> not our usual fare of Caspian or Crested Terns but after looking at various
> resources we think they are either Bridled or Sooty Terns - from my photos
> (see the link below) we are leaning more towards Bridled Tern. However, I
> really don't know so I would appreciate some help please.
>
> On the low tide we raced down to the beach to discover quite a few other
> birds that had obviously been blown in - probably from the islands offshore
> I would assume. We were quite excited to see 3 Frigatebirds patrolling up
> and down the beach - I finally got some photos of them but unfortunately due
> to the appalling light conditions they are not very good but I'm hoping
> someone will be able to identify which Frigatebird this is. Both Black and
> Common Noddies were abundant on the beach and in the trees along with our
> usual waders.
>
> At one point when the tide was on its way back in again we spotted another
> interesting bird - see photos 4 and 5. This bird was the only one of its
> species on the beach and it appeared to be very exhausted. At first I
> thought it was a juvenile Pacific or Kelp Gull but looking at the photos I
> took and comparing them to other information and drawings I'm inclined to
> think it could be a Pomarine Jaeger. I looked at the facial markings and
> the markings on the wings when the bird was in flight - there is a photo on
> the link of the bird standing on the beach and when it flew off but
> unfortunately the flight photo is not in focus but I added it to the link
> anyway in the hopes it will help someone positively identify my bird.
>
> Please view my photos on the following link
>
> https://www.dropbox/sh/jx231gscnwdskjk/Do9EqCntix
>
> I just wanted to say thankyou to Bill Stent who helped me with posting my
> photos - Bill kindly put my photos on his dropbox so everyone can view them,
>
> Thanks again, Bill
>
> Looking forward to hearing your views,
>
> Jeanie Churchward
>
>
>
>
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