Hi Chris,
I saw the bird as soon as I arrived on location at 10 am till I left at 1:30
pm. It was loosely associating with Red-necked Stints and would often roost
with them away from the water in the Little Tern enclosure. A fair few people
walked within meters of it and didn't see it because it was not at the waters
edge...
All the best,
D.
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:00:19 +1100
> From:
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
>
> Was not there Wednesday morning but was Tuesday afternoon, so when did
> you see it ??
> Cheers Chris
>
> On 14/01/2015 5:51 PM, Dimitris Bertzeletos wrote:
> > The bird is still in the location described in Rohan's e-mail.
> >
> > Tis very easy to see.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > D.
> >
> >> From:
> >> To: ;
> >> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:29:56 +1030
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
> >>
> >> Aha, thank you Rohan, at last some good directions on where to look.
> >>
> >> Tony.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> >> Rohan Clarke
> >> Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2015 9:02 PM
> >> To:
> >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper update
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >> There's been just three emails to birding-aus to date about the
> >> White-rumped
> >> Sandpiper found by Nigel and Carla Jackett at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW on
> >> Monday here on birding-aus so here's a quick summary if you are interested
> >> in following it up.
> >>
> >> It was found at a high tide roost best accessed from Shoalhaven Heads on
> >> the
> >> Monday. It's an impressive find - the first twitchable one in Australia for
> >> at least 20 years. Remarkably, before the dust had even settled (and before
> >> anyone had twitched it??), what is presumably the same bird was refound 9.5
> >> km south (as the sandpiper flies) on the shoreline of Wollumboula Lake
> >> early
> >> the next morning. The bird was well twitched on Tuesday (but disappeared at
> >> times), was not seen on Wednesday as far as I know despite a few people
> >> looking, was seen again and well twitched by many on Thursday, Friday and
> >> today. At times it dissapears to places unknown but for the main part is
> >> happily feeding on the shoreline of the lake directly behind the ocean
> >> beach
> >> or roosting with stints and other shorebirds in and around the fenced off
> >> Little Tern colony.
> >>
> >> To access the site drive to the township of Culburra Beach (via Nowra).
> >> The main road into town is called the 'The Lake Circuit'. About halfway
> >> through town, to stay on this named road, you need to turn right (sounds
> >> odd
> >> but on checking a map it will make sense). Drive to the end of the 'The
> >> Lake
> >> Circuit' rd and there is a small carpark, picnic area and playground. Take
> >> the steps down to the lake (not the path that leads more directly to the
> >> beach), then walk south along the edge of the lake at the back of the
> >> beach.
> >> From the carpark it's about 450 m to the point were the bird has mostly
> >> been
> >> feeding - pretty much in line with the fenced off Little Tern colony.
> >>
> >> It has been remarkably settled, but like any shorebird doesn't like people
> >> walking at it. In contrast birders that have sat quietly and patiently and
> >> let the bird come to them have been rewarded with approaches down to 2-3 m.
> >> There is something very satisfying about watching a mega shorebird slowly
> >> foraging to within a couple of meters of you, pulling tiny marine worms
> >> from
> >> the sand as it goes, and for it then to wander off again seemingly
> >> completely unfazed by the interaction!
> >>
> >> The spit is an impressive birding site even without the White-rumped
> >> Sandpiper.
> >> Good numbers of Little Terns (be mindful that they are breeding but the
> >> fencing, signage etc should make that clear) , a handful of Fairy Terns,
> >> White-winged Black Tern, Red and Great Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Lesser Sand
> >> Plover and plenty of Red-necked Stint and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers are just
> >> some of the other birds that people are connecting with.
> >>
> >> A few of my pics are here.
> >>
> >> http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/white_rumped_sandpiper
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Rohan
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rohan Clarke
> >> www.wildlifeimages.com.au
> >>
> >> Latest updates
> >> http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/root&view=recent
> >>
> >>
> >> <HR>
> >> <BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
> >> <BR>
> >> <BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
> >> <BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
> >> </HR>
> >>
> >>
> >> <HR>
> >> <BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
> >> <BR>
> >> <BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
> >> <BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
> >> </HR>
> >
> > <HR>
> > <BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
> > <BR>
> > <BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
> > <BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
> > </HR>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR>
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
<BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
</HR>
|
