Ignore all that increasing salinity blather – the Dowitcher is still at Lake Tutchewop. I’m looking at it now – it’s on the southern shore a few hundred metres west of the creek, among a large collection of mixed waders and Stilts. Persistence rewarded (I drove right around the lake-shore). Richard Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard NOWOTNY <richardnowotny@me.com> > Date: 30 November 2014 11:17:00 am AEDT > To: B-Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Lake Tutchewop > > I’m at the lake now. There do not appear to be any other birders here, unlike yesterday when there were 10 or more looking for the Dowitcher around midday. > As far as I know, no-one saw it yesterday, and I have not seen it so far today. Ten or so Marsh Sandpiper and a single Pacific Golden Plover are the pick of the waders. > The large numbers of Banded Stilt, Avocet and Red-capped Plover suggest high (and increasing?) salinity – perhaps now too high for the Dowitcher, which was last reported (on Facebook I am told) around 10am on Friday morning. > If anyone has any more recent information I would appreciate a call on 0438 224 456. > Regards. Richard Nowotny >
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