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Bala 2002
Table 1. Nest-buildingmaterialof Little Ringed Plovers Charadriusdubiusbreedingon the BulgarianBlack Sea coast in 2000 and 2001.
Type of nest-building material
2000
2001
(n = 47)
(n = 80)
Total
(n = 127)
number
42
40
19
70
67
35
112
107
54
88.2
84.3
42.5
Seaweed
14
28
42
33.1
Seeds
19
22
41
32.3
11.8
Snails
10
15
Reed
10
14
11.0
Bark, wood
12
13
10.2
Pieces of coal
11
8.7
l0
Sea snails
10
7.9
11
Insects
10
7.9
12
Crab's claw
6.3
13
5.5
14
3.1
15
Feathers
3.1
16
Barnacles
2.4
17
Leaves
1.6
18
Crustacea
1.6
19
Fish-bones
1.6
20
Pond snails
0.8
21
Piece of straw
0.8
22
Rapana
0.8
23
Meerchaum
0.8
2
1
3
1
6
6
3
4
8
7
6
5
6.3
5.5
4.7
3.9
28
Glass
2.4
29
30
Paper
Cellophane
1
0
1
1
2
1
1.6
0.8
31
0.8
Polythenegranules
15
23
38
29.9
33
Plastics
12
16
28
22.0
34
Styrofoam
17
25
19.7
35
Black oil
16
12.6
36
Nylon
5.5
37
Rubber
1.6
38
1.6
Coal: Thisconsisted
of small,lightpieces,1-2 cmlong,
that had beendispersedacrossthe beachesby the wind.
Seasnails:Thesehadbeenwashedashorealongwiththe
shells.TheywereusuallyTritia reticulataor of thegenus
Ceritiolum.They werequitesmall,only 0.5-1.5 cm long.
Insects:Thesewere dry anddeadandwind-dispersed
acrossthebeaches.It is possiblethatthebirdsbringthem
to the nests,astherewerefive individualsin one scrape.
Generally,though,they were seldomfound in the nests.
Crab's claws: These were to be found in small numbers
shells. There
was a
Feathers:Smallfeathers
foundsinglyandnotveryoften.
BarnaclesBalanusspp: Fragmentsprobablycollected
by the birds with the shells.
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Fish-bones:
them.
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washed ashore from the sea and strewn across the beach in
piles(Type B), but sometimesit wasby single,isolatedobjects suchas sticks,stonesandplants(Type C). Presumably
theobjectswereusedto affordsomeconcealment
for thenest
and the broodingbird from predators.In a similar studyof
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REFERENCES
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Bala, L.O., D'Amico, V.L. & Stoyanoff,P. 2002. Migrant shorebirdsat PeninsulaVald6s,Argentina:Report
for the year2000. WaderStudyGroupBull. 98: 16-19.
INTRODUCTION
AND METHODS
We reportobservations
of migrantshorebirdson the beaches
of PeninsulaVald6s,Chubut,Argentina(4230'S,6400'W),
duringtheir northwardstopoverin the year 2000. This follows a reportfor the 1999 season,which coveredjust one
site,Fracassobeach,publishedin Bala et al. (2001).
During February to May, we made weekly countsof
shorebirds
in three
thereisthenorthern
part,whichis5 km2atlowwater.There
are many islandscoveredwith salt-tolerantvegetationand
the sedimentscomprisefine sandandmud. PuntaNorte is at
the northeastextremityof PeninsulaVald6sandis characterised by boulder beachesand rocky shores.
The benthic communities differ between the three sites.
The main shorebird foods available at Fracasso beach are
polychaetesandclams,at CaletaVald6s,polychaetes,and at
Punta Norte, crustaceansand mussels.
Pttq
San
Jo,
Gulf
0
Nuevo
16
17
Date
Calidris
Calidris
Limosa
Charadrius
Pluvianellus
canutus
fuscicollis
haemastica
falklandicus
socialis
Mar 2-3
57
316
Mar 8-9
81
Mar
16-17
10
15
22
Mar 21-24
100
200
300
490
200
Mar
7
8
9
10
11
Apr 5-7
Apr 12-14
Apr 17-18
Apr 27-28
May 4-5
Accumulated
28-31
180
80
6
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
165
200
106
10
200
0
0
3
0
0
6400
565
1580
total
bird/weeks
RESULTS
2000
3000
800
0
0
AND DISCUSSION
Dotterel
Censuses
Charadrius
Colour-banded
modestus.
Red Knots
effort
since
1994
to colour-band
Red Knots
throughoutthe West Atlantic flyway, a substantialproportion of the populationwas bandedby 2000. We systematically scannedthe knot flocks at Fracassobeachin order to
establishtheir origins.
We made 115 separateobservationsof colour-banded
birds, 1.8% of the aggregatetotalbirdsscanned(Table 3). A
substantialnumberof theseobservations
probablyrelateto
the samebirds being recordedin more than one scan.How-
Date
Calidris
Calidris
Calidris
Limosa
Charadruis
Pluvianellus
canutus
fuscicollis
alba
haemastica
falklandicus
socialis
Charadrius
modestus
Mar 8-9
400
100
1500
Mar
21-24
50
900
Mar 28-31
300
1400
8
9
10
11
Apr 12-14
Apr 17-18
Apr 27-28
May 4-5
2
0
0
0
500
50
50
50
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
600
600
600
850
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1400
105
6450
Accumulated
total bird/weeks
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Table 3. Observationsof colour-bandedRed Knots by date and countryin which they were banded.
Date
Flock
size
Total
banded
24 March
103
29 March
71
29 March
80
30 March
417
18
12
06 April
07 April
13 April
13 April
14 April
14 April
14 April
14 April
14 April
14 April
14 April
18 April
60
58
2000
260
39
212
56
130
600
800
1200
311
4
4
21
5
8
6
1
3
1
4
14
12
4
4
13
3
6
5
1
2
1
3
10
11
115
49
Aggregatesightings
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
unknown
7
2
1
1
1
2
1
89
19
32
12
of banded birds
Minimum
individual
banded birds*
* The minimumnumberof individualbandedbirdsis the aggregateof the maximumnumberof birdswith eachbandcombinationrecordedin a single
scan.
10000
lOOO
lOO
10
0.001
0.01
0.1
Proportionbanded
Fig. 2. Flock-sizeof Red Knots at Fracassobeach, PeninsulaValdbs, plottedagainstthe proportionof colour-bandedbirdsin each flock
(note that log-scalesare used for both axes). There is a significantnegativecorrelation,as mentionedin the text.
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(UniversidadNacionaldel Sur,BahiaBlanca)helpeduswith
the fieldwork.
Patricia
Gonzfilez
ShorebirdProgramprovidedthebandinginformationfor our
resightings.We also thank Marcelo Bertellotti, Cecilia
D'Amico for their help aswell asGracielaEscuderofor her
assistance
astranslatorandHumphreySittersfor reviewing
the manuscript.
REFERENCES
Bala, L.O., M.A. Hernfindez & V.L. D'Amico. 2001. Shorebirdspresent
on FracassoBeach (San Jos6 Gulf, Vald6s Peninsula, Argentina):
Reportof the 1999migratingseason.WaderStudyGroupBull. 94: 2730.
Brayton, A.F. 1986. Shorebirdmigrationand habitat selectionat Peninsula Valdez, Argentina. Unpubl. manuscript,14 pp.
Morrison, R.I.G. & B.A. Harrington. 1992.The migrationsystemof the
Red Knot Calidris canutusrufa in the New World. WaderStudyGroup
Bull. 64, Suppl.: 71-84.
are excluded.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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