Hi All,
Not entirely relevant to the Red Phalaropes in Darwin area but in the
continental US there has been a large movement of Red Phalaropes from the
northern tier states down to the south-eastern states since mid January. The
reason suspected is the Arctic cold that came down around Jan. 21 and froze
a lot of the northern lakes including some of the Great Lakes. You can see
the spike in observations taken from eBird at
http://birdcast.info/forecast/species-on-the-move-white-winged-scoter-and-re
d-necked-grebe/
The White-winged Scotor observations are even more dramatic.
What a great database eBird is becoming.
Dean Cutten
Lower Inman Valley, SA
(Near Victor Harbor)
Behalf Of Niven Sent: Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:41 AM
To:
Subject: Latest in Leanyer Phalarope story! 12 in total
Another take on where the phalaropes have come from. Not sure if anyone did
any counts of phalaropes at Port Hedland during the current migratory
season, but the cyclone that ripped through there would have upset any that
were present. Maybe that's the source of the influx around various places.
Niven
On 8 February 2014 08:07, Niven <> wrote:
> With regard to what may have brought on the influx of Red-necked (and
> possibly the Grey) Phalaropes into northern Australia, just some thoughts.
> Detailed weather maps for the last couple of months, and particularly the
> last couple of weeks would provide some useful insight.
> There has been quite a bit of severe weather in Indonesia, from at least
> Sulawesi to Bali, the former in mid-January, the latter more recently.
> There are significant numbers of Red-necked that winter around central and
> eastern Indonesia. I would suspect that Typhoon Haiyan displaced large
> numbers from a vast area around the Philippines, and may have been the
> initial cause of birds fleeing, including further south.
> Niven
>
>
> On 7 February 2014 23:04, John Graff <> wrote:
>
>> I note that there've been a few Red-necked Phalaropes in QLD too - bit of
>> an influx, any weather systems come through that could be the cause?
>>
>> John
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On 7 Feb 2014, at 8:57 pm, "Mick Jerram" <> wrote:
>> >
>> > For two days now the count has been growing. Initially from 1 Red
>> (Grey) Phalarope, then 16 days later the arrival of 7 Red-necked
>> Phalaropes. Yesterday (6th) another 2 joined the party of Rn's and today
>> They flotilla looked a little larger!
>> > Counted 11 red-necked and 1 Red (Grey). Wondering just how many are
>> out there?
>> >
>> > Mick
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