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Hi,
Regrettably the painted snipe on Ash Island
(Newcastle NSW) were away for the weekend or sleeping in. Having driven from
Sydney late on Saturday evening I had a few hours sleep deside the car and was
up and on the job at the "snipe paddock" at 5:30 am. Despite watching carefully
until 7:30 and again from 10:00 to 10:30 there was no sign of the birds. Another
group arrived with a scope while I was there but they also dipped.
Notable during the watching were the quartet of
channel billed cuckoos and the swamp harrier setting off the other birds in the
paddock. Along wagtail way were white fronted chats.
Peter Marsh
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