Birds South East

Number 90 May 2020

Keel-billed Toucan

Cassie’s adventures in Mexico Contents

1. Cassie’s adventures in Mexico

For a long time, I’ve dreamt of volunteering abroad 5. Oaklands Wetland and Reserve on a wildlife research project. In June last year that 6. Reporting Rare Birds in South Australia dream became reality when I was offered a place as 8. Results from the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ‘Look an ornithologist with Operation Wallacea in Mexico. to the Skies Event’ Operation Wallacea is a UK based conservation 9. BirdLife SE SA 2020 Committee Elections Wayne’s Convenor Report organisation which undertakes biological surveys in 10. BirdLife SE SA 2020 AGM diverse and important parts of the world which have typically not been well-studied. The survey work is 11. BirdLife SE SA Income & Expenditure/Quiz mostly funded by school and university students 12. Shorebird Notes who participate in the surveys, and in exchange 13. Contacts/Deadlines/Program they receive an immersive education experience. 14. Recent Sightings Subject specialists such as ornithologists, bat scientists, herpetologists and botanists

6. Wansa sa ndidn aa sa ndidn am reriad Birds South East volunteer their time to lead the surveys and educate the students.

I was part of the bird survey team and spent an amazing five weeks at three different camps in the Mexican jungle in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. With only a couple of months to prepare I was in a flap, ordering two books of birds of Mexico and spending every spare minute perusing the enormous books trying desperately to learn how to recognise the 300 or so birds found in the reserve.

Two months went by in a flash, and before I knew it, I was kissing goodbye my husband, internet, and Wedge-tailed phone service, running water and all the comforts of my usual life, and venturing off to the hot and Sabre-wing humid jungle. Calakmul Biosphere Reserve is located in the Some mornings, I would undertake point counts Campeche State of Mexico on the Yucatan along a 2km transect and record the calls at defined Peninsula. It is one of the largest expanses of locations. It was a peaceful walk through the jungle tropical jungle in the world, second only to the and provided a good opportunity to birdwatch, with Amazon. The reserve has an incredible diversity of an added edge in the possibility of coming across wildlife and also contains fascinating ancient Mayan jaguars and pumas. Fortunately, I only came across ruins nestled amongst the forest. peccaries, and spider monkeys who would throw things and jump on branches above me until they Despite being in a tropical paradise this trip was broke and fell on my head! definitely not a holiday. Our team would be out of our hammocks at 4.30am for a cold cup of instant The first camp I visited was called KM 20 and was a coffee, before trekking out to our survey transects great spot to see Keel-billed Toucans, whose to set up mist nets in the dark, often dragging tired croaking frog-like call could be heard in the students behind us. We would then spend about 3 mornings and late afternoons. These incredible birds or 4 hours checking the nets until it got too warm. have a spectacular rainbow-coloured bill - it was Birds were identified, measured, marked hard to believe they are real. Also impressive were temporarily and released and it was a great the collared aracari, a smaller type of toucan. I also opportunity to see some of the smaller more cryptic was lucky to see two species of motmot, a brightly birds up close. One of the most exciting was the coloured bird a bit like a large rainbow bee-eater. first wedge-tailed sabre-wing (hummingbird) of the Another favourite bird was the adorable stub-tailed survey; I shook with nerves while extracting the spadebill. These cute little brown birds were fragile, 4 gram bird from the net. perfectly adapted for catching insects with their big eyes, whiskers and a wide bill.

At night it was important to carry a torch and tread carefully as tarantulas and scorpions were everywhere around camp. It was also important to do a daily check for ticks – I removed over 40 during my stay.

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I was happy to hear that I would be spending the next two weeks at the most remote camp called Dos Naciones which translates to two nations as it was close to the border with Guatemala. To get there we had to carry our packs and hike up a steep track through humid jungle. This camp was very basic as everything had to be carried up from the village below. We collected our water using tarpaulins which ran into small tanks. We were allocated just 1.5 litres of water per day to wash with, of which every drop was used carefully. We slept in hammocks which took some getting used to.

Blue-crowned Motmot Red-capped Mannakin

Processing a bird Camp

The second camp I visited was adjacent to a small We collected our water using tarpaulins which ran village called Mancolona. The open habitats gave into small tanks. We were allocated just 1.5 litres of the chance to see species not found in the dense water per day to wash with, of which every drop jungle, including many hummingbirds, was used carefully. We slept in hammocks which woodpeckers, orioles and vultures. This camp was took some getting used to. also a great place to spot brightly coloured Trogons, - five species in different combinations of yellow, This forest was more humid and diverse than the red, blue and green. We enjoyed our afternoon other sites I’d visited and there was a different suite birdwatching walks with the students, especially of species here, including many which I was really because we could buy a cold drink in the village at hoping to see during my time in Mexico. The the end of it. ominous call of howler monkeys was a daily occurrence.

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Barred Ant-shrike Emerald Toucanet

I was also thrilled to see stunning birds such as blue One afternoon I noticed a Royal Flycatcher’s nest bunting, red-legged honeycreeper, tody motmot above a small wetland, known as an aguada. The and barred ant shrike. One very special bird that I flycatcher’s deter predators from their nests by managed to spot was an emerald honeycreeper building them so they dangle from branches on a which was out of its usual range and was a new single long thin strand. At first glance these birds record for the reserve. seem to be a plain brown but every so often they would flash their brilliant red or orange crests to dissuade a competitor. These stunning birds were one of my favourites from the trip.

Royal Flycatcher. Photo: Tom Ambrose/CC BY-SA https://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0

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OAKLANDS WETLAND AND

RESERVE– A MUST SEE BIRDING AND WETLAND LOCATION The large gums surrounding the park were home to a host of parrots, lorikeets, and cockatoos with a few special visitors. The waterbirds were plentiful in Recently, I was in Adelaide to support a family numbers and one of my favourites the Australasian member while in hospital, and had a morning free Grebe was in all sections of the wetland. The park this particular day, so decided I’d like to head to a facilities/amenities and cleanliness are top shelf too. ‘nice spot with water’. Wasn’t sure what was on If you haven’t been to Oaklands Wetland, you offer but managed to stumble across Oaklands should go when next in Adelaide. Wetland (Ascot Park/Marian area). Well, what a Bryan Haywood gem. Lovely people everywhere doing the family/exercise thing, and the wetland vegetation (created of course) was amazing, diverse and fit for purpose offering lots of little nooks and crannies for birdlife (and insects) to hang out.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Bryan Haywood

Oaklands Wetland Bryan Haywood

Australasian Grebe Bryan Haywood

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REPORTING RARE BIRDS IN SOUTH when watching waders but it may not be so when watching bush birds or seabirds. Approaches vary; AUSTRALIA some take notes very quickly while the bird is in front of them; others try to absorb every detail (Taken from Birds SA website) before writing it down, preferring to spend every opportune second looking at the bird rather than at

a notebook. Do whatever works best for you. The If you see something that fits the criteria, please key thing is to get notes down as soon as possible, submit a records, a number of our local birdos have and in particular, before you have consulted any had records appraised and confirmed by the literature that might subconsciously distort the committee. memories of what you actually saw.

Why submit a record to the South Australian Sketches can be valuable and, while some bird Rarities Committee? observers are better at sketching than others, Birds SA aims to maintain a standard of rigour to anyone can improve with practice, and annotations rare bird sightings through the South Australian can go a long way to cover any shortcomings. Rarities Committee (SARC) and seeks reports for any bird listed on the South Australian Rare Birds Taking notes Review List or any bird new to the State. Taking detailed notes can help clinch a rare bird sighting if the notes refer to key features of that Records of rarities are of value to the ornithological particular species. Notes on size, shape, plumage, community. They contribute to the understanding of colour of soft parts and behaviour make up a distribution limits, migration routes and field composite description. identification of many birds and may provide early evidence of environmental change. It is important It is important to record only what you have seen or therefore that rare bird records are evaluated and heard before reading a Field Guide to check what verified. you should have recognized, since that will distort the memory and diminish the value of your This committee of Birds SA members, experienced observation. in identification and distribution, votes on submitted records, which are then recorded either as Descriptions that lack some seemingly important confirmed or unconfirmed; none is rejected. details may yet be reckoned confirmed, provided the information supplied is sufficient for correct Confirmed records are incorporated in lists or maps identification and will exclude other possibilities. of species occurring in South Australia but all records are retained in the Association’s database. Obviously, it is desirable to record as much as possible of the bird. Consider also reporting any SARC decisions are not final, do not bind the rarity found by others, since the finder may not do observer and can be reopened. As with any so or will miss aspects that you detect. A published report, future information may support a submission of a rarity may include notes taken by challenge to refute any claim of presence or several observers, and this can enhance its prospect absence. of being confirmed.

What you should do when you encounter a What is expected in a Submission? rare bird? A Rare Bird Record Report Form can be downloaded First take a detailed description. Then get other from the Birds SA website and will help you to people to see it, if possible, and obtain provide the information needed. This form can be documentation such as photos or tape recordings. filled out online.

The sequence in which you do these things will Descriptions will be accepted in other formats, such depend on circumstances. Taking a detailed as including a photocopy or transcription of your description is the most important because it may field notes with a partially completed Rare Bird not be possible to get photos or to show other Record Form. people. With detailed notes from a clear observation (before consulting any authority) you will often be Send your completed submission including any able to make a correct identification and so will the photographs, notes from other observers or any committee. other relevant material via email to [email protected] Field notes are best recorded while the bird is in front of you. Sometimes this is possible, such as

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How long will it take? White–rumped Sandpiper This will depend upon the complexity and nature of Buff–breasted Sandpiper the submission. Sometimes it is necessary to seek Short–billed Dowitcher expert advice from outside ornithologists. Generally, Red Phalarope a result will available within 3 months and the Lesser Yellowlegs observer will be the first to know. Common Redshank Oriental Pratincole How are records published? Sabine’s Gull A rare bird record may be announced at Birds SA Laughing Gull meetings and may be published in the Newsletter Franklin’s Gull but will carry a qualifier “subject to review by the Bridled Tern South Australian Rarities Committee”. When a Sooty Tern record is confirmed this will be posted on the Arctic Tern website and reported in the Newsletter and the Antarctic Tern Annual Bird Report. South Polar Skua South Australian Rarities Committee Members Red–tailed Tropicbird 2020 King Penguin Andrew Black (Chair) Fiordland Penguin Brian Blaylock (Secretary, ex officio) Snares Penguin Graham Carpenter Erect–crested Penguin John Fennell Northern Rockhopper Penguin Bob Green Macaroni Penguin David Harper Black–bellied Storm Petrel John Hatch Light–mantled Albatross Lynn Pedler Leach’s Storm Petrel Colin Rogers Antarctic Petrel Snow Petrel Blue Petrel South Australian Rare Birds Review List Slender-billed Prion King Quail Broad–billed Prion Wandering Whistling-Duck Salvin’s Prion Green Pygmy-goose Antarctic Prion Radjah Shelduck Kerguelen Petrel Garganey Mottled Petrel Northern Shoveler Gould’s Petrel White-throated Nightjar Cook’s Petrel House Swift Grey Petrel Eastern Koel Westland Petrel Channel–billed Cuckoo Wedge-tailed Shearwater Brush Cuckoo Great Shearwater Oriental Cuckoo Manx Shearwater Rose–crowned Fruit Dove Little Shearwater Red–chested Buttonquail South Georgia Diving Petrel Beach Stone-curlew Black–necked Stork Grey-headed Lapwing Lesser Frigatebird American Golden Plover Brown Booby Common Ringed Plover Australian Little Bittern Semipalmated Plover Pied Heron Little Ringed Plover Square–tailed Kite (only if outside MLR) Comb–crested Jacana Grey Goshawk Plains–wanderer Masked Owl Little Curlew Eastern Grass Owl Hudsonian Godwit Gang–gang Cockatoo (if outside Kangaroo Island) Broad–billed Sandpiper Princess Parrot Baird’s Sandpiper Red–winged Parrot Little Stint Swift Parrot Eastern Ground Parrot

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Night Parrot Leaden Flycatcher Varied Lorikeet Black–faced Monarch Orange–bellied Parrot Rose Robin Spotted Bowerbird Pink Robin Scarlet Honeyeater Barn Swallow Painted Honeyeater Spinifexbird Noisy Friarbird Tawny Grassbird Yellow Chat Plum–headed Finch Grey Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Wagtail Grey–crowned Babbler Citrine Wagtail Spotted Quail-thrush Grey Wagtail Western Quail-thrush White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (if outside SE) Plus any species not included as accepted in the Common Cicadabird Field List of the Birds of South Australia 5th Edition Spangled Drongo (2018) Rufous Fantail

RESULTS FROM THE RED-TAILED people took part and kept an eye out for Red-tails BLACK-COCKATOO ‘LOOK TO THE on the day but didn’t register. The event was SKIES’ EVENT ON SATURDAY 2ND promoted widely in the weeks leading up to it and MAY attracted a good amount of attention especially on social media. The Recovery Team has recently set up a new Facebook page for our project, you can find us by entering ‘SERTBC Recovery Project’ in the search bar. This year BirdLife Australia and the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Recovery Team held a The Recovery Team would like to say a massive local ‘Look to the Skies’ monitoring event on thank you to everyone who took part in the event Saturday 2nd May to try and count as many cockies and reported sightings, and also to those people as possible. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions who helped promote the event. We hope that next unfortunately we had to cancel our usual Annual year we will be able to hold our normal Annual Cocky Count, however it is vital at this time of year Cocky Count again and volunteers will be able to to count as many Red-tails as we can and find the leave their homes to search for Red-tails in their location of large flocks so we decided to run a stringybark habitat. smaller event aimed at locals who live in the Red- tail range in south-east SA and south-west Vic. Kelsey Bennett

Participants searched their own properties and backyards for Red-tails on the day and despite the cold and windy weather we received a good number of sightings. Currently the total number of cockies seen on the day stands at 748 birds from 18 reports, but we are still receiving sightings from participants, so this number is likely to change.

The majority of Red-tails were found in Victoria but there were a few spots in SA where birds were counted. These areas included Naracoorte, Wild Dog Valley, The Gap, Lucindale and Kalangadoo. In the week leading up to the event we also had reports of a flock of cockies near Frances. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo There were around 35 people who officially registered for the event but it’s likely that more Sarah Campbell Leaden Flyc

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BIRDLIFE SOUTH EAST SA 2020

COMMITTEE ELECTIONS. Due to our AGM having to be cancelled due to Covid We also recommend that if there are no further 19 restrictions our committee was left to determine nominations or objections then the committee the best way to handle the AGM and the elections of positions as proposed will be accepted. We set a office bearers. We determined that it would be best date as Monday 27 April 2020 as the closing date handled by the committee nominating people to the and when nominations will become official. positions and sending these nominations out via Following that date will circulate the accepted email and Facebook, the text is copied below. committee and all reports to the network. Please note that Bob Green has resigned his Ok, so our recent AGM had to be cancelled, our position as an employee of BirdLife Australia and so committee has discussed options and are is once again eligible for an executive position on recommending the following course of action. the committee.

Attached is our proposal Nominations (made by Jeff Campbell, seconded by committee) BirdLife South East SA • Convenor – Bob Green 2020 Annual General Meeting • Deputy Convenor – Wayne Bigg In light of the extraordinary situation we find • Secretary – Angela Jones ourselves currently in our proposed 2020 AGM • Treasurer – Bryan Haywood planned for 28 March had to be cancelled, after • Committee member – Sue Black much committee discussion we have decided to put • Committee member – Abigail Goodman this proposal to the members as we feel that with • Committee member – Karen Hunt uncertainty in the coming months we need to • Committee member – Cassie Hlava resolve and sort out at least our nominations and • Committee member – Jeff Campbell reports etc. We will be making announcements shortly on what The BirdLife South East SA committee is we might aim for later in the year (of course recommending committee positions and have dependant on restrictions lifting etc). nominated the following, if anyone has further nominations or opposes any nominations the committee has proposed please forward them to us.

WAYNE’S CONVENOR REPORT

Firstly I hope all plus your families are healthy & Our early numbers were about 6 weeks behind well and not too stressed with our current world. Italy, but rising by the same rate, and SA was the We were all surprised to hear that Bob had to resign 2nd highest Australian state per capita. I contacted because of his part time position with BirdLife. So Bryan to discuss and a lot of people had already one of the first tasks the committee got together to pulled out. I would have felt devastated if someone do was collectively respond to the BirdLife Board to got sick from our outing, so we decided to cancel ask for exemption. In the process of analysing the the event and discuss with the committee about rules & regulations, we interpreted that a general suitable alternative process for the AGM. Here we committee member is technically not an actual are using email to cover it. elected member & voted Bob onto the committee. In our response to the Board we asked if they had Wayne Bigg any problem with us doing this. Social event: Coffee and Breakfast went well at Presto. It was good to put names to faces I had not met, and also catch up with a few familiar faces. Cancelled AGM outing: With my work I was keeping an eye on the virus numbers etc.

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BIRDLIFE SOUTH EAST SA someone available to lead an outing. I would encourage all of our members to consider leading an outing in the future, the main role being as a 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING contact point for the day and to organise where we visit etc. Pick one of your favourite spots and share it with us. CONVENORS REPORT: Our membership currently stands at 50 members. I would like to congratulate Sue Black and Neil

Dickins on 30 years, and to Robert Mock, Maureen What a strange 12 months it has been, both for our Christie, Jack Bourne, and Anne McArthur on 20 group and for me personally. years. During the year I have really enjoyed having a few new people turn up to outings, and their responses, Group members continue to be involved in many later commenting how much they enjoyed being out bird related activities and events around the region, with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable group. not specifically tied to our branch, such as Red- I had an extremely busy year, juggling full time tailed Black-Cockatoo surveys, OBP counts, Brolga work, a part-time job with BirdLife Australia and still counts, Latham’s Snipe counts, shorebird counts, managing to keep my own business work going waterfowl surveys, and Australasian Bittern surveys. (including biodiversity corridors, OBPs and a few other smaller jobs). The 2020 Cross Border campout due to be hosted Towards the later part of the year it was realised by us has been postponed until next year, this will that due to my employment with BirdLife Australia I also be cause for a celebration as we will celebrate was not eligible to hold an Executive position on the 20 years since we held a meeting to form this committee, this was a question I had asked before I group, getting together the majority of interested started and had been told it wasn’t an issue. When I birdos from around the South East for a meeting. realised that it was in fact an issue. I offered my resignation as Convenor, not a decision I took We have more strange times ahead of us but let’s lightly or enjoyed having to do. During that time our keep active, keep birding, and look forward to once committee was a fantastic support and was very again being able to enjoy each other’s company out encouraging for me, and in fact determined to take in the field soon. the matter further by contacting National Office to In the meantime please check out our Facebook state their disappointment at how it all played out, page, we will be trying to post interesting snippets believing that as a small country branch there could and links up there to keep people enthused. be allowances made. If you have suggestions for things you would like to I must acknowledge the unbelievable support I was see, in our newsletter, on our Facebook page or for given and the faith in me that our committee outings and camps, please let us know. showed, it really meant a lot to me, and made me more determined than ever to continue an active role within our group. Since that time I have Bob Green, Convenor - BirdLife South East SA resigned from BirdLife Australia and am therefore April 2020 once again eligible to hold an Executive role.

Our program for the last year has been quite varied and was as follows: Woodpecker. Mexico.Cassie Hlava

March Nelson (Christina Loras property) and AGM April Eaglehawk Waterhole campout Aug Keith campout September Mullins Swamp, Iluka, and Lake Frome CP Oct Twitchathon November Lake Hawdon South and Fox Lake Walker Swamp campout Feb Social outing – Presto Eatery

Unfortunately during the year we had a few quiet months due to people being busy and not having

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BIRDLIFE SOUTH EAST SA INCOME & QUIZ EXPENDITURE TO 19TH MARCH 2020 1). Divide the Atlas number of the Scarlet robin by SOCIETY CHEQUE ACCOUNT the lowest prime number.

2). A birdwatcher saw this many birds species on Opening Balance as at 1 Jan. 2019 $ 758.71 successive outings.

Income 3). 8 11 15 20 How many on their next outing? Travel re-imbursement $ 297.00 Twitchathon entry fees $ 50.00 4). Name of a small settlement about 8 km N of Merchandise sales $ 103.00 Casterton. Newsletter membership $ 10.00 Savings Acc transfer $ 150.00 5). Which is the smallest Fairy-wren? Interest $ 0.17 6). Name the author of The Twelfth Raven. $ 610.17 Expenses 7). Find the bird using all of the letters below.

Travel expenses (Convenor) $ 297.00 S Y O Merchandise $ 242.00 R W A Stationery $ 228.90 A S C Debit Interest/Dishonour fees $ 16.15

$ 784.05 Answers to February Quiz: Do Red-necked Avocets have webbed feet? - Yes What is the capital of the “Pelican State” in USA? - Closing Balance as at 29 Feb. 2020 $ 584.83 Baton Rouge Add a metallic element to an organ of sight to find a small passerine – Silvereye Income & Expenditure as at 19th March 2020 Find the consonants to find the bird – Common Business Saver Account Skylark Find the bird - Phalarope Opening Balance as at 1 Jan. 2019 $ 2,071.05

Income

Interest $ 45.70

$ 45.70

Expenses

Transfer to Cheque account $ 150.00

$ 150.00

Closing Balance as at 31 Dec. 2018 $ 1,966.75

Verified and found correct

TN Haywood 19 March 2020

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SHOREBIRD NOTES Godwit in various locations and a group of three Whimbrel and one Far Eastern Curlew which was Things have certainly changed in the shorebird seen on several occasions from Pelican Point to world, as they have everywhere with the Covid 19 Cape Banks Lighthouse. Ross Anderson and I were pandemic affecting us all. Unfortunately, many also amazed to see a flock of 89 Common activities have had to be cancelled including the Greenshank at Lake Bonney (with a total number of annual April Victorian Wader Study Group 114 om the lake). There was also at least three expedition to our region. The main aim of this sightings of Ruff, tow on the coast at Danger Point expedition was to catch Ruddy Turnstone so that we and Stony Point (which may well have been the could attempt to retrieve and replace light level same bird) and one at Lake Bonney. In addition we geolocators. The usual ‘Dollies Day’ weekly outings observed good numbers of Pacific Golden Plover, have also had to be put on hold for the foreseeable Great Knot, and Red Knot. Very recently Sarah and future due to the social distancing regulations and I had the unusual sighting of three Common need to stay at home. Sandpiper on a beach-washed weed pile in Riddoch We were, within the required limitations of the Bay. In addition to the migratory shorebirds a social distancing and travel regulations, able to number of the coastal lakes have had high numbers conduct the April 2020 fledged Hooded Plover of Banded Stilt and thousands of Red-necked Avocet survey. Once again, with the assistance of our team in the Coorong. of magnificent and dedicated volunteers, all suitable habitat between The Granites in the north and the Jeff Campbell, Friends of Shorebirds SE Victorian border in the south was surveyed. This is a total distance covered of around 220 km which is certainly quite a feat for a small group of volunteers. The April 2020 count total of 59 birds (adults and young), was almost on par with that of 2019 (57), however it was considerably lower than the corresponding 2017 count (122). In addition, the low count of just 5 fledged young birds, was well below the numbers in 2017 and 2018 (10 and 11 respectively). It is of interest to contrast the outcome of this breeding season in the Lower South East with that of the Fleurieu Peninsula and Adelaide beaches where 17 chicks successfully fledged. The low number of fledglings observed in this count is a concern. Although the trendline is almost flat this is coming of an extremely low base of just six birds in April 2013. Although the numbers of adult birds show a very slight increase in the trendline if the extremely high count of 102 adults in April 2017 was removed this would not be the Whimbrel. Sarah Campbell case. Given the quite long life-span of the Hooded Plover, up to at least 15.5 years there is a danger that if many of the adult birds reached the end of their life at the same time numbers could suddenly ‘drop off the cliff’ without adequate recruitment of young birds into the population.

The past six months have been interesting for the numbers of rare and unusual shorebird species sighted in the south east. We have had several records of single Grey Plover and Lesser Sand Plover, from the Nelson Estuary through to Canunda; good numbers of Bar-tailed

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CONTACTS

Convenor, Sightings Coordinator, Conservation Contact Bob Green [email protected] DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTER 0407 649909 MATERIAL

Deputy Convenor Wayne Bigg 1 August, 1 November, 1 February, 1 May. [email protected] Material for inclusion is always welcome.

Secretary Angela Jones [email protected] (08) 8733 4840 Treasurer Bryan Haywood PROGRAM [email protected] (08) 8726 8112 Because of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, outings will continue to be cancelled until we return Newsletter Editor Jeff Campbell to a more normal operating environment. Previously [email protected] scheduled outings may be held if and when (08) 8725 9493 regulations permit.

Committee Members Sue Black, Jeff Campbell, Abigail Goodman, Cassie Hlava, Karen Hunt

Azure Kingfisher. Nelson

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