Geoff McDonald, who was with Clive Minton & Susan Taylor when this plover later ID’d as a Semi-palmated was discovered, advises that it was not seen when he was banding there on Monday 28 June. I suspect that the banders were concentrating on catching the waders on the isolated sand bar rather than looking for one rare bird among the thousands of waders there and on the adjacent spit. They were successful in banding 160 Bar-tailed Godwits. So not good news but not necessarily bad. We will now submit the record for assessment by BARC.
Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136
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Laurie, the relevant paragraph in the submission is: ‘Other birds present, most of which were assumed to have assembled to roost at high tide were Black-faced Cormorant (7), Australian Pied Oystercatcher (120), Sooty Oystercatcher (105), Grey Plover (19), Red-capped Plover (30), Double-banded Plover (220), Greater Sand Plover (5), Hooded Plover (1), Bar-tailed Godwit (3,000), Eastern Curlew (1), Ruddy Turnstone (2), Red Knot (220), Sanderling (20), Red-necked Stint (250), Fairy Tern (19), Caspian Tern (1), Crested Tern (10), Pacific Gull (60) and Silver Gull (50+).’ Whether these numbers are normal in winter I don’t know but you could check this out with the AWSG.
Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136
Just the question I was wondering. I’ve been told that in south america its largely first year Bar-tailed Godwits that over winter. Googling turned up this banding report from Corner Inlet: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~vwsg/VWSG%20Activities%20Aug%2009.htm suggesting Australia is similar. Andrew ===============================
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Presumably the BaTG have a higher proportion of overwinterers than most other migratory waders. It would be interesting to know if those are mostly individuals below breeding age or if more mature birds are sitting out the migration.
LK
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Mike, you say “thousands of waders”. How proportion of this would be over-wintering migratory birds [DBPs?] and are there normally thousands of waders there in winter?
Regards, Laurie.
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