It was an interesting year in 2012 at the Bundaberg Port... We had Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Semi-palmated Plover and Broard-billed Sandpiper was sighted during the monthly surveys conducted at the Port.
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Semi-palmated plover is one I'm not familiar with, ihewman. Do you know if it's also known by another name?
I'm interested to hear more about Bundaberg Port's environment, the group which does the monthly surveys & the purpose of the surveys.
Hi Woko,
Semi-palmated Plover is not a wader that occurs in Australia as part of its migratory route. I think there has only been two other sightings of this bird in Aust. which is a rare occurance.
Our monthly surveys at the port is run by BMRG and are aided by us local birdwatchers. The survey site is a restricted area which has coastal heath and mangroves on one side and on the other, some salt-marsh, mud flats with a large saltwater lake, pasturage and saltwater easturies. So, we have a varied habitat at the port.
ihewman
Brandon (aka ihewman)
Sounds like a nice place to visit, ihewman. Thanks for the information. By the way, can you spell out BMRG for me?
Here you go Woko
http://www.bmrg.org.au/
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Thanks heaps for that, rawshorty. Most interesting, especially the link to the Great Sandy Region.
It seems to me that if BMRG's activities were more widely known people might get a different picture of what's happening to at least some aspects of the Queensland environment.