It's impossible for me to tell from here Tony. Why not just go to the
park in St Peters and see if there are any Crimson Chats there?
Let us know how you go.
EB
On 10/8/08, Tony Russell <> wrote:
> We have a St Peters in Adelaide too. Is that the right one ? Not.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Evan Beaver
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:53 PM
> To: Kurtis Lindsay
> Cc: Birding Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Crimson Chat and Red-capped Robin at Sydney
> Park,St Peters
>
>
> Just a quick note to confirm that I saw the Chats this afternoon at
> about 5:30pm. Easily found, pottering around under the Acacias.
>
> EB
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Kurtis Lindsay
> <> wrote:
> > This Sydney park may turn out to be one of Sydney's best kept secrets.
>
> > I certainly had never heard of it before these Chats were seen!
> >
> > Kurtis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Nikolas Haass
> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:39 PM
> > To: Scott Henderson; ;
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Crimson Chat and Red-capped Robin at Sydney
>
> > Park, St Peters
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In addition to the pair of Crimson Chats, there is a young male
> > (female-coloured, but extensive wing-bars) Red-capped Robin in the
> > same area this early afternoon. Plus Whiskered Tern, Nutmeg
> > Mannikin...
> >
> > Seen by a bunch of birders today.
> >
> > Nikolas
> > ----------------
> > Nikolas Haass
> >
> > Sydney, NSW
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Scott Henderson <>
> > To: ;
> > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2008 4:21:39 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Crimson Chat at Sydney Park, St Peters -
> > ANOTHER SYDNEY VAGRANT -
> >
> > Thanks Max for confirming that a couple of Chats were in Sydney Park.
> > I thought I was going a bit nutty at first when I saw them.
> >
> > A great spot - I live in Chippendale not far away, and I didn't even
> > know there were ponds at the bottom of the park until I saw them
> > flying into Sydney recently. Yesterday was the day I decided to check
> > them out.
> >
> > Also seen were the Dotterels, a Sacred Kingfisher and a pair of
> > Whiskered Terns.
> >
> > My coordinates on Birdline were a bit off. I saw them at approx
> > 33°54'47.38"S 151°11'1.16"E
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: on behalf of
> >
> > Sent: Mon 06/10/2008 9:03 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Crimson Chat at Sydney Park,St Peters - ANOTHER
> > SYDNEY VAGRANT -
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > after hearing about Scott Henderson's sighting of a pair of Crimson
> > Chats at Sydney Park, I was eager to get over there and have a look.
> > Annoyingly, a lunch with friends had been organised for Monday, but it
>
> > was canceled when they called saying they were sick.
> >
> > I convinced my dad to drive me to Sydney Park to have a look and we
> > reached Sydney Park at 9:15am. I had never been to the park before and
>
> > was suprised at the amount of birdlife which showed.
> >
> > We walked around the South-east side of the park seeing quite a few
> > waterbirds- Hardhead, White-faced Heron and Dusky Moorhen, but we soon
>
> > found Clamorous Reed-Warbler in the reeds around the main pond and
> > also a Black-fronted Dotterel wich flew low over the main pond
> > calling. After about half-an-hour of searching, all we had to show was
>
> > a large flock of Nutmeg Mannikins and a pair Australasian Grebes. So
> > we headed back towards the car. On the way back we walked along the
> > western side of the main pond where we found some small wattle trees,
> > which was where the chats had been seen previously. Upon walking
> > around the wattles we found another flock of Nutmeg Mannikins and
> > after a minute of searching out came a beautiful male Crimson Chat! He
>
> > began feeding on the ground below a wattle until he saw us, he then
> > flew over to another wattle, where he was joined by his mate. We then
> > watched them feeding under a wattle for about five minutes until they
> > flew off.
> >
> > If anyone would like exact details to where we saw them I would be
> > happy to reply.
> >
> > Here's to ANOTHER SYDNEY VAGRANT =)
> >
> > Max Breckenridge,
> > Gladesville, Sydney...
> >
> > P.S. Well done to Scott Henderson for finding them in the first place!
> >
> >
> >
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