Ignore all that increasing salinity blather - the Dowitcher is still at Lake
Tutchewop. I'm looking at it now - it's on the southern shore a few hundred
metres west of the creek, among a large collection of mixed waders and Stilts.
Persistence rewarded (I drove right around the lake-shore).
Richard
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> From: Richard NOWOTNY <>
> Date: 30 November 2014 11:17:00 am AEDT
> To: B-Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Lake Tutchewop
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> I'm at the lake now. There do not appear to be any other birders here, unlike
> yesterday when there were 10 or more looking for the Dowitcher around midday.
> As far as I know, no-one saw it yesterday, and I have not seen it so far
> today. Ten or so Marsh Sandpiper and a single Pacific Golden Plover are the
> pick of the waders.
> The large numbers of Banded Stilt, Avocet and Red-capped Plover suggest high
> (and increasing?) salinity - perhaps now too high for the Dowitcher, which
> was last reported (on Facebook I am told) around 10am on Friday morning.
> If anyone has any more recent information I would appreciate a call on 0438
> 224 456.
> Regards. Richard Nowotny
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