Laurie Knight wrote
> I recall there have been discussions in recent times on the fortunes of
> emus and bustards. These are the locations of the emus, bustards and
> brolgas that I atlassed on my travels. There were a number of emus and
> bustards that I came across that I didn't atlas, so this is a subset of
> what I saw. I must say that emus were pretty thin on the ground in the
> Flinders Hwy section of the trip ...
>
> Regards, Laurie.
Laurie Knight, in the above posting has spurred me to do what I had intended
to do some weeks ago. That is to detail our sightings of Emus, Bustards etc
on a 10 week Atlassing trip Ruth and I did in Far North Queensland over
winter. I too had been following the postings about their decline or
otherwise. I am not so sure about the accuracy of some statements that
purport to a massive decline. A lot of Aus. is still suffering from massive
drought which has in some cases caused strange shifts in Avian populations.
I wonder if some of the decline reported is simply birds moving to different
areas. Anyhow, we decided to do incidentals for all Emus, Bustards and
Wedge-tailed Eagles. Brolga's and Sarus Cranes were mainly only recorded as
part of a wider survey. Our sightings are mainly from an area NW of Charters
Towers to Karumba and N to Lakefield National Park on Cape York and were as
follows. [205 surveys have been submited to Birds Australia Atlas from the
trip].
Emu
26 11 17 151 17 17 04-06-'01 1
19 57 26 145 45 06 13-06-'01 1
20 01 37 145 53 04 13-06-'01 1
19 41 33 144 21 17 16-06-'01 2
19 42 24 144 15 10 16-06-'01 1
18 14 57 143 27 10 19-06-'01 1
18 14 20 143 27 35 19-06-'01 3
15 47 50 144 55 35 10-07-'01 1
Bustard
24 45 13 150 49 31 06-06-'01 1
24 31 37 150 37 12 06-06-'01 1
21 49 32 150 13 23 06-06-'01 1
23 46 45 149 40 36 06-06-'01 3
19 53 11 146 12 14 12-06-'01 1
18 17 22 143 48 02 22-06-'01 2
17 26 13 141 03 43 24-06-'01 2
17 27 58 140 49 43 24-06-'01 1
18 17 19 143 32 55 27-06-'01 3
15 02 18 143 40 44 18-07-'01 1
22 21 06 149 31 10 09-08-'01 4
Wedge-tailed Eagle
27 39 40 151 35 06 04-06-'01 2
24 42 50 150 59 06 05-06-'01 1
23 47 55 149 04 45 07-06-'01 1
20 00 55 145 49 22 13-06-'01 3
20 40 12 144 53 54 14-06-'01 1
20 21 03 144 27 52 15-06-'01 2
20 06 36 144 19 48 16-06-'01 1
20 04 17 144 19 14 16-06-'01 2
19 42 24 144 15 10 16-06-'01 2
19 01 16 144 27 53 16-06-'01 1
18 57 00 144 29 42 16-06-'01 1
18 36 05 144 43 19 16-06-'01 2
18 20 50 144 07 22 19-06-'01 1
18 12 15 142 52 49 22-06-'01 1
18 16 43 143 14 30 22-06-'01 1
18 15 13 143 08 04 22-06-'01 1
18 15 29 142 20 16 23-06-'01 1
18 16 18 142 11 31 27-06-'01 1
18 12 08 142 52 20 27-06-'01 1
18 16 50 143 16 22 27-06-'01 3
18 18 41 143 45 15 01-07-'01 1
15 45 38 144 59 40 13-07-'01 1
15 35 15 144 27 10 14-07-'01 1
14 55 30 144 11 53 15-07-'01 1
14 51 04 144 10 02 15-07-'01 1
15 28 02 146 08 20 18-07-'01 1
22 40 59 149 37 03 10-08-'01 1
Brolga
22 12 00 147 14 00 09-06-'01 52
17 26 13 141 03 43 24-06-'01 4
17 16 19 145 34 56 04-07-'01 5
17 17 25 145 34 15 04-07-'01 6
23 46 45 149 40 36 06-06-'01 2
18 18 07 143 21 01 22-06-'01 2
18 12 15 142 52 49 22-06-'01 6
17 51 08 141 07 35 23-06-'01 12
17 27 58 140 49 43 24-06-'01 6
17 39 48 141 05 59 26-06-'01 3 [1 juv.]
17 17 42 145 28 12 04-07-'01 2
17 00 12 145 25 38 06-07-'01 2
16 55 33 145 21 33 08-07-'01 6
16 56 12 145 21 02 08-07-'01 12
15 45 36 144 59 54 10-07-'01 5
14 45 56 144 04 38 15-07-'01 7
15 02 18 143 40 44 18-07-'01 2
16 48 16 145 21 16 22-07-'01 3
19 23 00 146 44 00 04-08-'01 50+
19 19 17 146 50 10 04-08-'01 25+
22 20 40 149 20 59 09-08-'01 6
22 21 06 149 31 10 09-08-'01 3
Sarus Crane
17 40 10 141 04 49 24-06-'01 4
17 11 39 145 32 59 09-07-'01 150+
16 56 12 145 21 02 08-07-'01 4
John & Ruth Walter
Pittsworth SE Qld
27 43 31S 151 38 03E
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