Laurie,
Nice bit of open verse.
Carl
> On 8 Nov 2014, at 23:15, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
>
> 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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