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Folks,
Had the chance to look around a few sites in the
lower Goulburn Valley last week - lots of Pink-eared Ducks and Australasian
Shovelers, a few Black-tailed Native Hens and a couple of pairs of Red-capped
Plovers (quite a surprise for me) at the Tatura sewerage works, about 20 km west
of Shepparton; Sulphur-crested Cockatoos harassing a Peregrine Falcon, and
hearing an early White-winged Triller (plus seeing the usual great array of
waterbirds) at Reedy Swamp (5 km north of Shepparton); a couple of Darters at
Lake Victoria in the middle of Shep itself, and some great woodland birds in
Grey Box bush at the western end of Strays Lane, a few km south of Nagambie -
White-winged Choughs, several Jacky Winters, lots of Brown Treecreepers, plus
quite a few Leopard Orchids. Nice distractions on a work
trip.
Will be offline for the next few weeks - leaving on
our family camping adventure to southern Queensland and north-eastern NSW this
weekend. My thanks again to all those birding-ausers who have provided
information in response to my broad-based RFIs, and I'll let you all know how we
got on when we return.
Regards,
Jack
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