There has been some discussion of “overwintering” birds. Just throwing this in. Here at Brooms Head, we seem to have lost the Bar-tailed Godwit that has been around for the last couple of winters, but gained a couple of Golden Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones. They have not moved in to breeding plumage. Peter and Bev … Read more
Please see below. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Mick Roderick Date: 30 June 2014 6:35:55 pm AEST To: Mike Carter , Bill Stent , “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Over-wintering Yellow Wagtails in Australia? At this stage, more properly a winter record. Reply-To: Mick Roderick Hi all, Thanks for the responses and the … Read more
Hi Mick, Why assume that because a Yellow Wagtail is seen on 22 June in Australia that it is necessarily overwintering? One can only make that claim if the bird is seen throughout the winter, not on just one day. Someone else made the same claim about another species seen recently on a single day … Read more
I did not get any today – did anyone else? _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, June 30, 2014 to Sunday, July 6, 2014: Area: SA Location: Black Point, YP Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (35+) A large flock of plovers was resting among the seaweed on the point at high tide. We counted 38, but there were … Read more