It is very, very
nearly September and I would like to announce our next two outings!
Our first outing is
on the Saturday 8 September meeting at Toorbul [southern end of the esplanade]
at 7am. Hopefully we will be able to note some of the first migrants arriving.
The high tide is scheduled for 8-45am so we should have some time as the birds
fly in to the roost as the tides rise. Please remember to be sun safe and also
bring chairs and morning tea. Scopes are a useful addition for wader watching
as well.
World Shorebird Day
2018 is on the 6 September 2018 however wader bird counts are happening
globally between the 5th and the 11th September and we
hope to contribute to them. More information about the programme can be found
here; https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/
From the website; ‘Healthy populations of shorebirds depend on
healthy wetlands—and so do thousands of human lives around the world. Action on
a global scale is needed to help connect people and shorebirds. World
Shorebirds Day has been created with the following aims:
- To raise awareness of the
need to protect shorebirds and their habitats throughout their life
cycles;
- To raise public awareness
of the need for continued shorebird research, monitoring, and
conservation;
- To connect people with shorebirds
through wetland sites around the world
I hope to pen an
article, hopefully to be published in local papers, about the day and our
counts.
Also in September
Paul Jensen will be hosting at his local patch, Park Lakes at Bli Bli, on
Wednesday 12th. Please meet at 8am at the park [adjacent to the
child minding centre]. Some good birds have been seen here recently including
Latham’s Snipe, Buff banded Rail and Spotless Crake.
Our last weekend
away, a little jaunt through Kilcoy, Mt Mee, Lake Samsonvale on the Saturday
and Sheep Station Creek and Brolga Lakes on the Sunday resulted in some
excellent birds including Little Eagle, Pallid cuckoo, Yellow rumped Thornbill,
Great crested Grebe, nesting White throated Tree creepers and Fuscous
Honeyeaters, Painted Buttonquail, White bellied cuckoo Shrike [including an
uncommon dark phase bird], Pink eared duck, Glossy Ibis, Dusky Woodswallow,
Baillon’s Crake, Latham’s Snipe – to name a few…. Hopefully you can plan to
join a weekend away next year….
Cheers now and good
birding
