Sunday, December 6, 2009

Rufiji Delta waterbird count

Hi all

I'm just entering data from a 20 day count in the Rufiji Delta in December 2000 that I suspect is not in the literature. Olivier, your tech report 24.

You never did write up that Kelp Gull !!!!!!!!!!!!

While tough to work this is surely a place to spend a couple of weeks in a well kitted out camp (cold beers essential in that heat) with two decent boats.

highlights from this December count include

Curlew Sandpiper 16,043
Crab Plover 3,402
Terek Sandpiper 2,884
Gull-billed Tern 3,427
Lesser Crested Tern 1,939
Caspian Tern 173
Eurasian Curlew 265
Pink-backed Pelican 286
Dimorphic Egret 246
White-fronted Sandplover 347

Neil

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