Melbourne - Aust. Interesting sightings

 Some interesting sightings from suburban Melbourne [Australia] this last
                                   week.

Wedge-tailed Eagle - 2 seen soaring near Doncaster Shoppingtown 19 May
(eastern suburbs).  These are possibly the pair known from the "Bend of
Isles" area near Warrandyte.

Laughing Kookaburra - 1 heard in the Melbourne Cricket Ground carpark,
Friday 22 May.  This may be the closest record of Kookaburras on the edge
of the Central Business District in recent years.


Martin O'Brien
Executive Scientific Officer
Scientific Advisory Committee
Threatened Species Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Pde.,
East Melbourne,  3002
AUSTRALIA

tel: +61 3 9412 4567
fax: +61 3 9412 4586
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