Yes, there is that Carl,
but you must remember
like the proverbial port in a storm
Islands are magnets for terrestrial birds lost over water.
:)
On 8 Nov 2014, at 8:02 pm, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Rohan Clarke
>> www.wildlifeimages.com.au
>>
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