From John Kaiser - sent by email
Just to put on the planning record, attached is a grainy picture of royal spoonbills roosting in the Macrocarpas left on the fringe of the bay on Opeke's western boundary on Jan 23rd. Thanks to those that saved these trees. They have been there quite frequently over the past week or so. Mostly in the mornings when the tide was high.
Just to put on the planning record, attached is a grainy picture of royal spoonbills roosting in the Macrocarpas left on the fringe of the bay on Opeke's western boundary on Jan 23rd. Thanks to those that saved these trees. They have been there quite frequently over the past week or so. Mostly in the mornings when the tide was high.
Also a few weeks ago when the fog came in quite suddenly one morning, these trees were host for an hour or so to a great mix of seabirds. I counted 15 spoonbills, about the same number of shags and at least 2 herons all in the same tree. My amateur explanation is that they were like the crowds at the airport - waiting for the fog to clear before being able to find their way home or to work. They did disappear very quickly once the fog lifted.
1 comments:
Thanks for the nice picture and the praise I endorse. We have been up at the Hawkesbury reserve near Karitane recently and seen quite a number of Spoonbills there too.
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