G’day Mike
Sorry, I worded that the wrong way. Would birds sit out the breeding season in
Samoa? It seems that September is early for birds that have bred in the
northern hemisphere to arrive in Samoa.
Regards, Laurie
> On 15 Oct 2023, at 9:26 am, Michael Tarburton <>
> wrote:
>
> Yes Laurie
>
> Golden Plovers do “winter” in Samoa. During the four years we lived there we
> had many sightings on our campus lawns right through Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar.
> There were even more at Mulinuu not far from our campus, near Apia. For
> example on 15th Feb 1994, we recorded 1 Eastern Curlew, 12 Whimbrel, 3 Ruddy
> Turnstone, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Western Tattler, & 10 Golden Plover, all at
> Mulinuu.
>
> Happy birding
>
> Mike Tarburton
>
>
>
>> On 14 Oct 2023, at 3:59 pm, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
>>
>> Following on from my previous post, we saw a lot of golden plovers on Samoa,
>> where they tended to hang out on mown lawns.
>>
>> They all seemed to be in non-breeding plumage, which seemed to be a bit
>> strange at the end of September. Is Samoa on the East Asian flyway? (It is
>> to the east of 95% of the dateline).
>>
>> My question is whether Samoa a place where golden plovers hangout when they
>> are siting out the northern hemisphere breeding season?
>>
>> Regards, Laurie
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