Google Earth shows an airport on Browse Is. That would be convenient for
birders. Looking at the island on GE, I don't think I would like to land there.
If birds like these are being found on Browse Is., surely there must be similar
reaching the mainland. I suppose that the main reason there are few mainland
sightings is there are too few observers and too much ground.
Carl Clifford
> On 8 Nov 2014, at 16:08, Rohan Clarke <> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> A team from Monash University are currently working in the Browse Basin off
> north-western Australia. On Thursday morning at Browse Island (about 70 km
> off the Kimberley coast and in the state of Western Australia) they had a
> Tiger Shrike, 3 Arctic-type Warblers and a Grey Wagtail. At least one of the
> Arctic-types was heard to utter the diagnostic contact call of Arctic Warbler
> (not Kamchatka Warbler which appears near-identical)
>
> They arrived at Ashmore Reef yesterday and have already had an Asian Brown
> Flycatcher, Pechora Pipit, several Oriental Reed Warblers and several
> Arctic-type Warblers (amongst a few other bits and pieces).
>
> They have 10 more days in the Browse Basin doing seabird and shorebird
> surveys so no doubt there will be a few more goodies found before the trip
> ends!
>
> Cheers,
> Rohan
>
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