When I worked for a month at Newhaven Reserve back in 2004 I had a Coot land on
my roof at about 3am and wander around quite confused for half an hour (very
noisily). It was on a bright moonlit night and the tin roof would have glowed
like water from above I'm sure.
Cheers,
Chris
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On 15/12/2011, at 13:07, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
> It is quite a common phenomenon in Europe that grebes accidentally land on
> wet freeways or parking lots. However, the numbers in this Utah case are
> shocking.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nikolas
>
>
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> Nikolas Haass
>
> Sydney, NSW
>
>
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> From: Gemfyre <>
> To:
> Cc: birding-aus <>
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Grebes mistake car park for lake
>
> I once heard a rumour that grebes often land on the runways at Perth airport
> and every morning a truck goes out with people to gather them up and return
> them to a nearby wetland - but I have never seen/heard proof of it. Now I'm
> tempted to see if I can find out more.
>
> Belinda
> Stirling W.A.
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