My personal records show that I recorded 108 Garganey at Darwin SP on 19/3/91 -
obviously the same flock as Denise lists below for "early 1991". I'm sure I
reported the sighting, although I can't recall on which forum.
Richard Nowotny
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Denise Goodfellow <>
> Date: 2 October 2013 5:31:04 am AEST
> To: Nikolas Haass <>, Niven <>, Birding Aus
> <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Seeking Darwin Garganey (and poss Shoveler or Aus
> Shelduck) records
>
> Here are records from the Annotated list of Birds of the Top End (Thompson
> and Goodfellow, 1991). There are no records I know of for Garganey in 1985
> nor 1987, and I can't find any at all for Australian Shoveler or Australian
> Shelduck.
>
> Garganey (Anas querquedula)
>
> Range and status: rare visitor to the northern coastal area only but may be
> annual in very small numbers in the Darwin area. Neither Storr nor the
> Atlas record this species. Crawford had the first record for the Northern
> Territory at Fogg Dam, October 1976.
>
> Records: three at Darwin SP in March 1975; one at Darwin SP in
> October-November 1981; December 1982; one at Palmerston SP and also at
> Warlock Ponds in November 1983; one male at Fogg Dam in November 1986; up to
> 16 at Snipe Swamp, November 1988; three at Snipe Swamp, November 1989 and
> six there in December 1989 and up to 22 in January 1990. Nine at Fiddler's
> Lagoon, January 1990, 126 at Darwin SP in early 1991.
>
> Sources: Shurcliff & McKean (1990); unpublished known observers include,
> Carter, Estbergs, D. Fisher, K. and L. Fisher, Goodfellow, Hertog, Lane,
> Percival, Shurcliff, McCrie, McKean, Thompson.
>
>
>
> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
> PO Box 71, Darwin River,
> NT 0841
> 043 8650 835
>
>
>
>
>> On 1/10/13 8:38 PM, "Nikolas Haass" <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Niven,
>>
>> I found the following on Eremaea.
>>
>> Garganey:
>> http://www.eremaea.com/Lists.aspx?Context=Birdline&List=34667&Birdline=4
>>
>>
>> Australian Shelduck:
>> http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineSpeciesArchive.aspx?CommonNamesSet=1&Birdline=4
>> &From=20060101&To=20131001&MonthStart=1&MonthEnd=12&Species=444
>>
>>
>> The only Australian Shoveler on Eremaea for NT was in Alice.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Nikolas
>>
>> ----------------
>> Nikolas Haass
>>
>> Brisbane, QLD
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Niven <>
>> To: Birding Aus <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 7:39 PM
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Seeking Darwin Garganey (and poss Shoveler or
>> Aus Shelduck) records
>>
>>
>> Hi all
>> I'm after any records of Garganey in Darwin for the years that I didn't get
>> them, so if you were up there, and saw any in those years I'd much
>> appreciate hearing about it.
>> The years are:
>> 1985, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2002 and any post 2006
>>
>> I'm also trying to source records of Australian Shoveler for Darwin. There
>> are apparently 2, but I have no details of either.
>> The same with a single report of Australian Shelduck prior to the 2012
>> sightings.
>> Many thanks to any who can help
>> Niven
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