On any walk on a beach, one should ALWAYS carry a good-sized plastic
bag- or two (easy to fold up in pocket). This enables one to retrieve
any banded or otherwise interesting corpse so it can be forwarded to
nearest museum.
Museum ornithologists will be very interested, whatever it smalls like.
Anthea Fleming
On 26/07/2011 11:39 AM, Paul & Irene Osborn wrote:
Yesterday morning I found a dead bird on the rocky beach on the inshore
side of Yacaaba headland (the northern headland of Port Stephens NSW).
The bird had been heavily predated, whether this was the cause of its
demise is unclear. It had a green band on its left leg and a yellow on
its right, bearing the letters 'SUTH" and the number "1105". There were
some other numbers and letters which I was unable to decipher owing to
not having my glasses with me. One might have been a phone number
starting with '1300'.
I was unable to ascertain the species of the bird, which was
predominately black in plumage with red legs. It was about the size of
an Eastern Whipbird (many of which were calling nearby) or perhaps a bit
larger. It had an upper mandible shaped like that of a Gallinule, but
lacking any colour. Looking in my field guides later, I thought the best
match was Black-tailed Native Hen, although how one would turn up there
is beyond me. Any suggestions as to its ID would be welcome. I didn't
take a photo.
Paul Osborn
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