tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post4065904275264993987..comments2023-11-02T21:28:33.548+10:00Comments on Sandy Straits and Beyond: A Reason to Celebrate!mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-38385838797640469902009-09-13T06:38:07.186+10:002009-09-13T06:38:07.186+10:00Hi Gouldiae, yes it would be nice to see some arou...Hi Gouldiae, yes it would be nice to see some around your area. Here's hoping!mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-60337985370862681112009-09-13T06:27:42.792+10:002009-09-13T06:27:42.792+10:00G'day Mick,
Yes, you should indeed celebrate. ...G'day Mick,<br />Yes, you should indeed celebrate. Wonderful to see so many. We're hoping a few will filter south this year.<br />Nice report,<br />Gouldiae.Gouldiaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534425400820381646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-23001475796715983572009-09-11T08:56:01.980+10:002009-09-11T08:56:01.980+10:00Hi Frank, you're right, of course. Summer'...Hi Frank, you're right, of course. Summer's coming on - the birds have survived another migration - what could be nicer!mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-2967141266273818502009-09-11T08:22:51.101+10:002009-09-11T08:22:51.101+10:00Mick, I can tell you are happy...large flocks of w...Mick, I can tell you are happy...large flocks of waders...fab sight & great images.FABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185823702988992159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-19627781622246107972009-09-11T05:32:10.135+10:002009-09-11T05:32:10.135+10:00Hi again Denis. You're right - there is a Litt...Hi again Denis. You're right - there is a Little Black Cormorant visible in the photo with the Terns. There are also Pied Cormorants just visible behind the Pelicans. They are usually out there somewhere.mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-50477355060383888582009-09-11T05:25:31.614+10:002009-09-11T05:25:31.614+10:00Hi James, I am sure they will be heading down your...Hi James, I am sure they will be heading down your way soon even though in not quite such large numbers. I think they enjoy our warm weather :-)<br /><br />Hi John, the helicopters are so noisy! Close over my house the noise seemed to beat back from all around. Hope they don't go over your place too often. <br /><br />Hi Denis, I didn't make it plain apparently that the 'copters were not overhead. The photo I included was one that passed close to my house. Out on the sandbank they were well to the west of the roosting flock but the sound was close and seemed to be magnified even from what I had heard at home - due to the way the water 'carries' noise I guess. The legislation about shorebird disturbance makes it very hard - it has to be 'proven' that the disturbance was deliberate - so even if a fisherman walks through a flock - quietly! - it can't be proven to be a deliberate disturbance. I think it was Dickens who had one of his characters say: "The law is a ass!"mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-15306773563236654812009-09-11T00:39:14.986+10:002009-09-11T00:39:14.986+10:00Hi Mick
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Amazing images of those huge flocks of W...Hi Mick<br />.<br />Amazing images of those huge flocks of Waders and Terns.<br />.<br />Dangerous for the helicopters to be flying near such clouds of birds - dangerous for both I would think - certainly bad for the birds to be so disturbed.<br />.<br />Why not send your blog link to the Commander of the Helicopter Squadron at their local base?<br />.<br />Seriously, somebody ought take some notice. The "cowboys" in the Helicopters clearly don't.<br />Great images, by the way. All those legs.<br />I see a Little-black Cormorant in the fourth image, hiding with the Caspian and Crested Terns.<br />Sad news about the Korean end of their habitat. Cannot say I am surprised. Similar problems faced by Swifts too.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-25849531856255194772009-09-10T21:39:00.463+10:002009-09-10T21:39:00.463+10:00Goodness me - so many birds. Must have been a marv...Goodness me - so many birds. Must have been a marvellous sight Mick.<br /><br />When the helicopters pass over me on their way to the gas and oil rigs in the North Sea I can sometimes feel the ground shake in rhythm with their rotors and they are probably higher up than yours.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109980962343059479.post-7557257198429512452009-09-10T21:01:56.898+10:002009-09-10T21:01:56.898+10:00Wow they certainly are back, and in force! Great p...Wow they certainly are back, and in force! Great photo's as always. I was over the moon to see 'eleven' on the east coast (down in here in tassie) that were wintering over, a month or so ago. Seeing them in such huge numbers would be quite amazing.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360508495031174134noreply@blogger.com