Hi all
My earliest arrivals in Cairns of affinis Gull-billed Terns is 10/10/08. All other arrivals here that I’ve noticed have been later than 23/10 in other years, but still worth keeping a look out for them from about now, I reckon. These later dates may be due to the birds being discovered by me later than when they’ve arrived here, I just don’t know exactly when they’ve arrived…
So I will keep looking closely from now on…
Cheers
Martin Cachard Cairns 0428 782 808
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Gull-billed Terns in Caloundra, SEQ > From: adrianboyle@westnet.com.au > Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:21:26 +0800 > CC: mcachard@hotmail.com; binzsav@clear.net.nz; birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > To: jdening@bigpond.com > > Hi Jill > > Not sure on exact arrival dates sorry. > We do however have some over winter so makes it a little more difficult knowing when birds have started to arrive. > I dont actually think they breed that far north. Well nothing compared to many of the other migratory shorebirds that have been streaming back for weeks now. > Id have a look tomorrow if I could but Ill be out of Broome for 2 months as of tomorrow arvo. > > Cheers Adrian > > > > > On 24/09/2011, at 6:14 PM, Jill Dening wrote: > > > By my calculations, it’t a bit early to be talking about the possibility of affinis. I would have expected no earlier than late Oct or early Nov. They have a long way to come, surely? When is the earliest they have been seen in Broome, Adrian? > > > > Jill > > > > Jill Dening > > Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia > > > > 26° 51′ 41″S 152° 56′ 00″E > > > > On 24/09/2011 6:53 PM, martin cachard wrote: > >> > >> Hi Adrian, Sav& everyone else > >> > >> No affinis birds in the photos that I could discern either. > >> It would be worth checking for them though in future amongst these Aust birds, as now is about the time of year that we start to get a few affinis here in Cairns, amongst the Aust birds. > >> > >> I will be keeping a close eye on the terns at Cairns Esplanade in the next month or so, checking for any arriving affinis – I will, of course, put a post on B-aus when I find some up here. > >> I know that Jill, for one, is pretty keen to catch up with this bird… They have in the past stayed at least for a few weeks in the same locations… > >> > >> Cheers for now > >> > >> Martin Cachard > >> Cairns > >> 0428 782 808 > >> > >> > >> > >>> From: adrianboyle@westnet.com.au > >>> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:20:45 +0800 > >>> To: binzsav@clear.net.nz > >>> CC: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > >>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Gull-billed Terns in Caloundra, SEQ > >>> > >>> Hi Sav and Jill > >>> > >>> Any idea on what subspecies they are that are passing through? > >>> > >>> Cheers Adrian > >>> > >>> > >>> On 24/09/2011, at 12:59 PM, Sav Saville wrote: > >>> > >>>> Additionally, Birding Aus subscribers might be interested to know that there > >>>> are heaps of Gull-billed Terns in NZ at the moment. Prior to this year there > >>>> were about 45 records of GBT, but in the past few weeks we have had various > >>>> flocks of 5, 10 and 16, plus a few other scattered records. It appears that > >>>> at least 30 birds are involved in this invasion. > >>>> > >>>> Sav Saville > >>>> Wrybill Birding Tours,NZ > >>>> “Great Birds, Real Birders” > >>>> www.wrybill-tours.com > >>>> sav@wrybill-tours.com > >>>> +64 27 680 3740 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> =============================== > >>>> > >>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > >>>> send the message: > >>>> unsubscribe > >>>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > >>>> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > >>>> > >>>> http://birding-aus.org > >>>> =============================== > >>> > >>> =============================== > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > >>> send the message: > >>> unsubscribe > >>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > >>> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > >>> > >>> http://birding-aus.org > >>> =============================== > >> > >> =============================== > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > >> send the message: > >> unsubscribe > >> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > >> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > >> > >> http://birding-aus.org > >> =============================== > >> >
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au
http://birding-aus.org ===============================
