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Gooday Philip, Glenn, Allison
and birding-aussers,
Just to clarify some points.
Leichhardt Tree Creek is an Atlas count area of remnant
low land paperbark scrub infested with rubber vine, nagoora burr etc. There are
no picnic tables and the surrounding area is utilised for horticultural
purposes.
Height of paperbarks are 20-25m with trimming of trees
along the power line pathway on each side of the roadway.
Usually I hear the sound of air passing through and over
the wings when the bird swoops. On the ocassion that actual contact was made I
never heard any of the warning noises of a bird swooping. I'm 102 Kg at 6ft1" so
a bit big for an item of prey.
The reason I was in high visibility gear was due to the
fact that I had completed a shift at work and decided to do a count on the way
back into Bowen and bed.
Jon Wren
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