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This may probably only interest Sydney birdo's.
This afternoon had a quick look at Prospect Reservoir (about 40km west off
Sydney and about 2km south of Blacktown and very close to home) and saw atleast
one Great-crested Grebe. I think it has been atleast 3 years since I last saw a
Great-crested Grebe anywhere in Sydney. There were also Australasian Grebes;
lots of Coots; Moorhens; Black Swans; Black and Wood Ducks; Little Black, Little
Pied and Great Black Cormorants and hundreds of Silver Gulls. Heard an
Olive-backed Oriole and also one or two Fan-tailed Cuckoos there (in support of
my recent email regarding Cuckoo's overwintering in Sydney). Red-whiskered
Bulbuls were also very numerous there.
Also this afternoon at Doonside (near
Blacktown) saw a Peregrine Falcon and possibly a Pacific Baza that has been
regularly seen around the area.
Edwin
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