Hi Roger
Read your report on Hospital swamp with interest.
Was there any sign of the ruff mentioned by Lawrie Conole a few weeks
ago?
Cheers Laurie Living
Hicks, Roger wrote:
> Hospital Swamp, part of the Lake Connewarre complex of swamps (south
> of
> Geelong, Victoria) has been mentioned in despatches before. My visit
> on
> Sunday morning got off to a good start when I saw 4 Yellow-tailed
> Black
> Cockatoos flying over before I had even got out of the car. About 500
> Whiskered Terns, the majority in breeding plumage but some beginning
> to
> look scruffy around the edges and some in their pale non-breeding
> plumage drifted over the water and reed beds or rested on an exposed
> mud
> bank. Waders were numerous, mostly on the 'public' side of the dyke.
> First, to catch my eye was a solitary Glossy Ibis. I then turned my
> attention to the waders and was very pleased to find two of the
> closest
> birds were Pectoral Sandpipers. Although the waders were jumpy,
> frequently flying and circling the bay, these two birds always
> returned
> to the same patch of mud (close to the car parking area). The call of
> a
> Wood Sandpiper was heard and then seen - this is one of my favourite
> waders with its spangled upperparts - a very smart bird.
>
> Speicies List
>
> Black Swan
> Australian Shelduck 68
> Pacific Black Duck 24
> Great Cormorant 2
> White-faced Heron 1
> Glossy Ibis 1
> Swamp Harrier 1
> Purple Swamphen
> Marsh Sandpiper 1
> Greenshank 8
> Wood Sandpiper 1
> Red-necked Stint
> Pectoral Sandpiper 2
> Sharp-tailed Sandpiper c350
> Curlew Sandpiper < 20
> White-headed Stilt
> Black-fronted Plover 5
> Red-kneed Dotterel 1
> Masked Lapwing
> Whiskered Tern c500
> Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo 4
> Superb Fairy-Wren
> Red Wattlebird
> White-plumed Honeyeater
> White-fronted Chat
> Magpie Lark
> Willie Wagtail
> Australian Magpie
> Little Raven
> Skylark
> House Sparrow
> European Greenfinch
> European Goldfinch
> Welcome Swallow
> Little Grassbird
> Blackbird
> Starling
> Common Mynah
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