Oh, is THAT what John was doing to you, Bill? I couldn't quite see through
or round Russell's car ;-)
Anyway, I've published the photos that I took of the Australasian Bittern in
flight to my site:
http://paul.angrybluecat.com/Trips-and-Locations/2013/Western-Treatment-Plan
t-May
I've also included one very, very distant shot of the Northern Shoveler
roosting on the bank on the north-western part of Lake Borrie. This is
really a record shot, at best.
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Bill Stent
Sent: Sunday, 19 May 2013 7:23 PM
To: John Weigel;
Subject: Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
I can attest to the fact that John was in top form today.
When I told him he'd missed the Bittern he tried to strangle me!
Bill
(all in fun, I hasten to point out...)
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From: "John Weigel" <>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:30 PM
To: <>
Subject: Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
> Thanks for the info Peter. In a fit of irresponsibility I got up at
> midnight last night after staring at ceiling and thinking about your
> Saturday sighting of the NS - and booked my flight to Melbourne. Was
> on the job at 11 and was pleased to see both you and Russell -
> literally pointing at the Northern Shoveler, along with a who's who of
> WTP. Too bad I didn't follow the cavalcade - I missed the Bittern.
> But as always, I enjoyed the hell out of that amazing place. What an
incredible resource.
>
> The point of this post is to continue request from my buddy Scotty
> Ryan, who is driving from Canberra tonight, with hopes of seeing the
> bird tomorrow (Monday). Can anyone please chuck a sickie and have
> some enjoyable birding time with Scott? If so, his email address is
> . Maybe cc to me at
> as he's on the road, and I can make sure he
gets message.
>
> John W
>
>
> Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
> from [Peter Shute] [Permanent Link][Original]
> To: John Tongue <>, Birding-Aus Aus
> <>
> Subject: Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
> From: Peter Shute <>
> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 10:03:22 +1000
> Still in the same location close to gate 6 at 10am today.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 18/05/2013, at 5:31 PM, "Peter Shute" <> wrote:
>
>> It's still around, I found it easily at about 1pm today - I just
>> drove to where all the cars were parked and got someone to point it
>> out. I had driven past this spot 30 minutes before, and missed it.
>> It's easy to see if it's facing you, not so easy if it's facing away
>> or distant.
>>
>> It was at the north east corner of Lake Borrie, and I think it had
>> been there an hour or so before I got there. Soon after that, it flew
>> to the north east corner of the pond to the west of Lake Borrie. This
>> is the pond that's separated from Lake Borrie by a narrow causeway
>> you can drive on.
>>
>> Then it seemed to just drift with the wind almost to the east side of
>> that pond, where it encountered 3 or 4 male Australasian Shovelers
>> swimming south west. It swam hard to catch up with them, gave up,
>> caught up again, then they all swam back to the north east corner.
>> There it got out on the bank for a while till all the ducks there
>> flew back into the water. I left at about
>> 2.30
>> after having watched it for about 1 and 1/2 hours.
>>
>> Thanks to whoever found it first today, I think it was Steve
>> Davidson, and to those who pointed it out to me later. Sorry you
>> missed it, John, it's the luck of the draw when a bird could be at
>> any of dozens of ponds. I tried a couple of times when there was one
>> here in 2011, and never found it.
>> Hopefully this one will stick around longer than that one did.
>>
>> Peter Shute
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From:
>> On Behalf Of John Tongue
>>
>> Sent: Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:50 AM
>> To: Birding-Aus Aus
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
>>
>> Sadly, despite a day of concerted searching around Walsh's Lagoon,
>> from there to the Borrow Pits, and around Lake Borrie, the Northern
>> Shoveler was not to be seen. A quick check around T-Section late in
>> the afternoon also failed to turn up the Aus Bittern seen recently.
>>
>> Not the most successful in terms of targets, but sill, a very
>> pleasant day.
>>
>> John Tongue
>> Ulverstone, Tas.
>>
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