Hi all, We saw the Dowitcher yesterday along the shoreline with a couple hundred waders in the north east area of the lake. Best to drive up the Murray-valley hwy towards swan hill and then turn right towards to the lake. There are two entrances. One at the southern end and one at the northern end. Take the north end. Drive down and park on the dirt road and then climb up into the lake area and down to the shoreline Best James Mustafa 0400951517 www.jamesmustafajazzorchestra.com > On 11 Nov 2014, at 7:06 am, “Allan Benson” <aejsbenson@bigpond.com > wrote: > > Hi James, > > Would you mind posting some directions about where to find the bird on Lake Tutchewop. I know you posted lat/longs but unfortunately this doesn’t mean much to me. > > Any additional information would be great. > > Best regards > > Allan Benson > 0457458274 > > —–Original Message—– > From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of James Mustafa > Sent: Monday, 10 November 2014 8:57 PM > To: Mike Carter > Cc: Birding-Aus > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] SHORT-BILLED/Long-billed DOWITCHER, NORTH VICTORIA > > Just driving back from Lake Tutchewop after successfully twitching the dowitcher with Scott Baker. Have put coordinates on a birdline report. > > In terms of which species, will still need confirmation from Jeff Davies and the team I think but Mike Carter told me if it does a single note call every few seconds that makes the bird a Long-billed Dowitcher. We observed he bird doing this call a few times and I have filmed it also. > > Photos to come and I’ll put a big write up on my VicTwitch blog. > > Good luck twitchers > > James Mustafa > > 0400951517 > www.jamesmustafajazzorchestra.com > >> On 10 Nov 2014, at 5:22 pm, “Mike Carter” <pterodroma@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> If it turns out to be a Short-billed Dowitcher and is accepted, your right Joshua that would be second record for Australia, the first being a bird that was banded at Corner Inlet in Victoria on 18 June 1995. However, there was another Short-billed Dowitcher at the Price Saltfields in South Australia from 1-11 December 1999 that was seen by many people including John Cox, John Hatch Tony Palliser and myself and was well documented but never made it to BARC so constitutes a report not a record. Another American Dowitcher not identified to species was seen by Bob Swindley et al. sometime between those dates somewhere near Wilson’s Prom in Victoria. If this one turns out to be a Long-billed that will be a long expected new one for the Aussie list and ruin a fantasy that I would find the first on one of my regular count sites SE of Melbourne. Nevertheless, I hope to see this one tomorrow! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Mike Carter, 03 9787 7136 >> 30 Canadian Bay Road >> Mount Eliza, VIC 3930, Australia >> >> —–Original Message—– >> From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of joshua.birdmark@gmail.com >> Sent: Monday, 10 November 2014 2:45 PM >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, NORTH VICTORIA >> >> Somehow this hasn’t made it here yet, but Lake Tutchewop in Victoria currently has a Short-billed (possibly Long-billed) Dowitcher in breeding plumage. ID is unsure based on lack of high quality photos, but the bird is definitely one of the two species (either 2nd or 1st record for Aus). If anyone wants to leave from Sydney today, ring me on 0459 823 534, we have one or two spots in the car left. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Joshua Bergmark >> >> >>
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