 On
our first river trip Pramod told us there was a Great Thick-knee at
Santa Cruz. Although Lloyd hadn’t heard the news, continuing on
from Dona Paula, he took us straight to a spot by the billboards, opposite
the shrine on the main road where there are a number of sandy pools
interspersed with scrub. We quickly scanned the roosting waders and
Paul found the Thick-knee after about 5 minutes. Leaving this site we
drove down the road, turned right and passed the church and school coming
to a large expanse of wetlands and marsh on either side of the road.
This area appeared to have potential but at 2.30 pm when we had only
gone out for half a day and with most of the party visibly wilting,
we decided to call it a day with only 14 species, but our main objective
achieved. Much to our surprise (in addition to Amanda and I, we were
with Mike and Paul and Pat and Judy) Lloyd stopped off at his house,
introduced us to his wife and family and treated us to cold beers and
an afternoon snack of very tasty Goan food.
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