>Great Crested Grebes are by no means uncommon on the lagoons of the New
>England Tablelands. There is a resident population of a few pairs at Little
>Llangothlan Lagoon and they are very regular visitors to Dangars Lagoon and
>Racecourse Lagoon, both near Uralla.
>John Clifton-Everest
>
>Harvey Perkins wrote:
>
>> I've only ever seen Great Crested Grebes on two occasions: three on Lake
>> Alexandrina at Meningie (SA) in late October 1995, and a few on Bibra Lake
>> in a southern suburb of Perth (WA) in early October 1997.
>>
>> Great birds that I'd been wanting to see for a while. At first I thought
>> "ah, so this is where they hang out" but your comments about their scarcity
>> in SA tends to refute that. My impression now is that they are nowhere
>> common.
Also many pairs on Lake Wallace, Wallerawang, near Lithgow where they
breed but are absent mid-winter, and at other moderately deep-water power
station dams west of the Blue Mountains.
Penny Drake-Brockman, Examination Recitals Co-ordinator, Sydney
Conservatorium of Music.
Tel: 02 9351 1254.
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