There is nothing wrong with Stilt Sandpipers! First major rarity I’ve been involved in finding and IDing 
Although a Short-toed Eagle would be extremely exciting. I may try and have a look for the Short-toed Eagle tomorrow morning… meant to be going to Lorne but this is way more exciting! Does anybody know if anyone has gone to have a look for it yet? Cheers Grace Lewis
On Dec 27, 9:05 pm, Carl Clifford wrote: > Stilt Sandpipers, hah, you find them everywhere, Japan, Darwin, > Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Majorca (probably doing > a Skase there) Just common vagrant. If Vic. still had a Vagrants Act, > it probably would have been locked up as it flew in, because it > obviously has no means of support. Doesn’t even have pockets to keep > money in. > > Carl Clifford > > On 27/12/2010, at 8:05 PM, Peter.Ful…@callista.com.au wrote: > > Carl wrote: > > “Much more exciting than those blow ins they get on Christmas and > Cocos.” > > *coughs* or a stilt sandpiper. 😉 > > This is bird of the decade for mine (if its confirmed). > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-requ…@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
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According to my copy of ‘Raptors of the world’ (Ferguson-Lees & Christie, 2001) there is an apparently isolated, resident population of Short-toed Snake-Eagles on several islands of Lesser Sundas from Lombok and Sumbawa to Timor. Therefore not impossible to get an immature wandering southeast into Australia.
Dean Cutten
Victor Harbor, SA
Australia
G’day Laurie,
Your first report described the tail as longish, was that the case or was it shortish like a Little Eagle. You have now reported seeing two in Australia, would you say they were both essentially the same in appearance.
Cheers Jeff.
No Tony, there is no sandpiper envy. I don’t bother about wasting my resources racing hither and thither after vagrants. I would rather save my money and go and see the birds in their native habitat. The cost of getting to Christmas Island can get me to SE Asia and feed and house me for a week or two. I prefer to Kill (metaphorically) 2-300 species with one stone. The Stilt Sandpiper will have to wait till I get the dosh/time to travel to Central/South America via Europe.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Do I detect a few green connotations here Carl ?
Tony
Do I detect a few green connotations here Carl ?
Tony
Make sure you let us know if you find it !!
Tony