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Buffalo Creek, 1 May 1999
About 15 enthusiasts turned out in the bitterly cold (18 degrees or so) weather and had quite a fine time.
The waders turned up late, just as we were about to give up. There were perhaps 1200 in total, mostly Great and Red Knots, Greater Sand Plovers and Bar-tailed Godwits. A few surprises (swifts, pratincole) added some extra interest.
Bird ListAustralian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus - FourLittle Egret Egretta garzetta Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra - Four, 3 grey, 1 white Great Egret Ardea alba Striated Heron Butorides striatus Black Kite Milvus migrans - 20 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster - Three, 1 juv, 1 imm, 1 adult Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia - One Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos - One Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba - Eight Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis - Ten Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella - One, early record; quite unusual on the beach Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus - Eight+; one bird sitting on nest in clump of grass, c.25m from landward edge of beach Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus - Four at mouth of creek; unusual to see them there White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucoptera - One bird in breeding plumage flew over Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica - Three Caspian Tern Sterna caspia - 22 Crested Tern Sterna bergii Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis - Four Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea - 50, flew over; coming from the sea Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus - Six, quite a late record Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala Brown Whistler Pachycephala simplex Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi - several heard, one seen near carpark Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae - 15 Varied Triller Lalage leucomela Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans - 60+ Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus |
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