BIRDLINE NSW - update 6 April 1998

["Chris Gladwin" <>]

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

     BROWN QUAIL        4 Mason Park, Homebush Bay 5/4
     BEACH STONE-CURLEW 1 all week Coledale Beach, north of Wollongong -
                        extraordinary record as this is well south of range
     RED-NECKED AVOCET  9 Stockton Beach, Newcastle 5/4
     SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER     300 Kooragang Island, Newcastle 5/4
     WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN    now up to 40 at Nobby's Head, Newcastle 5/4
     SACRED KINGFISHER  1 Munmorah State Rec., Centarl Coast 28/3
     BLACK-BACKED WAGTAIL       1 reported Glendale Shopping Centre, Lake
                                Macquarie (Central Coast) 5/4
     RUFOUS FANTAIL     1 Bilgola, Sydney 29/3 and 1 Mitchell Park, Windsor
                        30/3
     SATIN FLYCATCER    2 Bilgola, Sydney 29/3
     BLACK-FACED MONARCH        1 Bayview Golf Course, Sydney 21/3

     and many Yellow-faced Honeyeaters passing over Sydney this weekend.


     Chris Gladwin
     Sydney, Australia
     

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