BIRDLINE NSW - update 29 December 1997

["Chris Gladwin" <>]

     Highlights in New South Wales over the last week are as follows:

     KING QUAIL         4 Cornwallis Road/Cupitt's Lane, Windsor 27/12
     BAILLON'S CRAKE    1 Bushell's Lagoon, Windsor 27/12
     AUSTRALIAN CRAKE   1 Bushell's Lagoon, Windsor 27/12 and 1 Metromix
                        Swamp, Cronulla 28/12
     PIED OYSTERCATCHER 2 Penrhyn Road, Botany 26/12
     TEREK SANDPIPER    2 Shell Point, Botany Bay 28/12
     SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER     70 Bushell's Lagoon, Windsor 27/12
     GANG GANG COCKATOO 100 Mount Budawang, Braidwood 21/12
     CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO      4 Taronga Zoo, Sydney 26/12
     POWERFUL OWL       1 Mitchell Park, Cattai 27/12

     The Painted Snipes have gone - the area has dried up.


     Chris Gladwin
     Sydney, Australia
     

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