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What happens to the vagrants

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: What happens to the vagrants
From: Sonja Ross <>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:44:05 +1100
I wondered about that last night as well, particularly on thinking about the 
Willow Warbler which is so small that you wonder how it could have got there in 
the first place!

Sonja

On 29/11/2013, at 12:32 PM, Carl Clifford <> wrote:

> I thought struck me the other day (yes, it was painful). What happens to the 
> vagrant species that turn up at places such as Ashmore Reef or 
> Christmas/Cocos Is.? Do they all die? Having arrived at these places due to 
> weather conditions or navigational error, many, if not all, would certainly 
> have problems re-orienting themselves, so I imagine that the chances of 
> returning to their normal habitat would be fairly slim. I imagine that such 
> places, particularly Ashmore, would be rather like an avian death row.
> 
> Carl Clifford
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