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 Hi Birders, 
The following observations were given at the NSW
Field Ornithologists Club meeting on 5 September 2000 
  
Latham's Snipe    1 Gap Bluff, South
Head, Sydney Harbour NP 26/8/00 (this is the first report for the season, the
usual arrival date is about 14/8) 
  
Koel Cuckoo    1 male Neutral Bay,
Sydney 4/9/00, this is an earlier arrival date than usual
(R. Dallimore) 
  
Channel-billed Cuckoo 1 Mosman Bay, Sydney  2/9/00
(Wendy Bannister), this is an earlier arrival date than usual, the normal
arrival time is mid to late September. 
  
Osprey    2 lower Mooney Creek,
Brisbane Water NP 5/9/00 (Andrew Sourry) 
  
Pilotbird    1 Dunns Swamp, Wollemi
NP 1/9/00 (Fred Van Gessell) 
  
Black Falcon    1 near Glen Alice
1/9/00    (Fred Van Gessell) 
  
Hooded Robin    1 near Glen Alice
(Fred Van Gessell) 
  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren   
1    Red Rock Ck, Capertee Valley 8/8/00 (Penny
Drake-Brockman) 
  
Buff-banded rail    1 roadkill
Arcadia, north-west Sydney 30/8/00 (Don Thompson) 
  
Buff-banded rail    2 Wallace Lake,
Lithgow 129/8/00 (P. Drake-Brockman) 
  
Wedge-tailed Eagle    1 Curra Moors,
Royal NP 20/8/00 (Tony Peri) 
  
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo    80+
Bourke 26/8/00 (Jim Francis) 
  
Alan Morris 
NSWFOC Records Officer 
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