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Sharp-tailed sandpiper. Werribee water treatment plant, Victoria, 2011.
These birds breed in North eastern Russia and migrate to Australia in the southern summer to fatten on freshwater wetlands. With climate change and the Australian drought, many of their usual feeding flats will be dry this year. It is to be hoped those birds that migrate to different countries and different parts of Australia will have a successful season.
sharp-tailedsandpiper111202_4981
Sharp-tailed sandpiper. Werribee water treatment plant, Victoria, 2011.
These birds breed in North eastern Russia and migrate to Australia in the southern summer to fatten on freshwater wetlands. With climate change and the Australian drought, many of their usual feeding flats will be dry this year. It is to be hoped those birds that migrate to different countries and different parts of Australia will have a successful season.