Phalaropes winter in reasonable numbers at least in the seas around Timor, Alor and Flores, only 700-1,000 km off Darwin. It would be interesting to know how common they are south of Timor, like around Ashmore Reef (Rohan, Mike?) Some records: * around 30 off Roti in Dec; * thousands off Flores during Aug-Oct; *5,000-10,000 between Pantar and Alor in late April * about 700, 5 km N of Dili – East Timor in Jan and another 100 or more on 30 km trip to Atauro; * 10 birds about 200 m off Comoro estuary in Dili in Nov; Colin _______________________________________________ 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
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