On April 25, the Long Reef shorebird counting team conducted the first post migration count on the reef. Data collected elsewhere in Australia indicated that there had been failed breeding in 2008 by a number of shorebirds which breed in the high Arctic, including Bar-tailed Godwits (the race Menzbieri, which visit the west coast of [...]

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Conservation, Shorebirds by Ricki

Since returning from Broome I’ve had the opportunity to bird a number of locations on the Northern Beaches, including Deep Creek, Warriewood Wetlands, Billarong Reserve and some of the Narrabeen Lakes Catchment. On the south side, I’ve been restricted to the scrub around Quibray Bay and on the road to Boat Harbour. On each occasion [...]

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Birding by Ricki