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Tropical Cyclone Iggy

10,000 Birds

We have been aware of large flocks of the smaller species using Cable Beach during the day and night on very high tides to roost for some years and decided to risk the weather and investigate. The sea has been rough and there has actually been some surf!

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The Siberian Rubythroat

10,000 Birds

Rather, during autumn migration, it first flies to east Siberia, then turns south across eastern China, and finally turns west (source: Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration). Other fun things that researchers have done with Siberian Rubythroats include investigating their response to light of different wavelengths.

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