Just pulling legs Carl. Fear not I'm saving my fuel for the next blow-in.
From: Carl Weber
Sent: Monday, 14 September 2015 11:00 PM
To: 'Tony Russell'
Subject: Grey-headed Lapwing
"When I were lad, I had to drive for two days from Adelaide, up Birdsville
Track, through heat, dust and flies, to refugee camp at Burren Junction
Artesian Bore. When I finally got there, I could barely see lapwing through
the sweat and blood from my brow. Today! So-called birders just take
electric train from Sydney Central to Regatta Centre, ask gatekeeper "Where
is famous bird?" and stroll across immaculate lawn to where it is feeding."
Tony, it's provided a great outing for the local birders, and we've all been
amazed at how supportive officialdom has been. There can be difficulty in
getting a clear view of the bird through the crowd of twitchers, however.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Russell
Sent: Monday, 14 September 2015 4:48 PM
To:
Subject: Grey-headed Lapwing
Tough eh Carl.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Weber [ <>
Sent: Monday, 14 September 2015 3:21 PM
To: 'Tony Russell'
Subject: Grey-headed Lapwing
I, for one, am more than comfortable with my view from 5 metres - including
seeing its plumage in flight. Nine years ago we drove from Sydney to Burren
Junction, spent two days commuting from Wee Waa, and dipped.
Carl Weber
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus [ <>
On Behalf Of Tony Russell
Sent: Monday, 14 September 2015 11:24 AM
To: 'Jill Molan'; 'Tom Wilson'
Cc: 'birding aus'
Subject: Grey-headed Lapwing
Oh this is all too easy. We had to drive all the way from Adelaide to see
the first one at Burren Junction. Took us two days to get there and two days
back. Are you comfortable counting this urban freak ?
Tony.
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus [ <>
On Behalf Of Jill Molan
Sent: Monday, 14 September 2015 8:53 AM
To: Tom Wilson
Cc: birding aus
Subject: Grey-headed Lapwing
Sorry all, I meant to address it to Martin, too much rushing this morning.
cheers
Jill
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Jill Molan < <>
> wrote:
> Hi John
> I was there yesterday with Darryl McKay and we saw the bird first
> through the fence about 8.30 am (we took a wrong turn to start off
> with so were a bit later than planned). It was on the grass between
> gate B and gate C, took a bit of looking through the vegetation, and
> the sun was behind it, so not ideal so early, but we did see it
> clearly. Then we drove to gate A, having seen some birders in cars
> parked near the bird. We drove to gate A and explained what we wanted,
> and security said as long as we kept within that area between gates
> A&C, no problem, just stay away from the closed off area. They were
> friendly and helpful. We had a chat with the birders inside, including
> Edwin Vella, and they told us when they stayed in their car to
> observe, the bird approached within about 4 metres. We had the same
> experience, sun behind us, good for photos and for viewing! Really a
> very
attractive bird, much more so than I had expected.
> Good luck, hope you can get up to see it.
> cheers
> Jill
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Tom Wilson
> < <> >
> wrote:
>
>> Martin
>> check the Australian twitchers page on facebook and/or NSW pages on
>> Eremaea/birdline if you can. Reports are that the bird has been
>> visible from outside the venue today and yesterday.
>> Cheers
>> Tom W
>>
>> From: Martin Butterfield
>> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 5:21 PM
>> To: birding-aus NEW
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Grey-headed Lapwing
>>
>> I was planning to drive from near Canberra to Penrith tomorrow to
>> twitch the Lapwing. Fortunately another Canberra birder was there
>> and has advised that the site is closed due to setting up for
>> something. On checking the website for the location
>> < <https://regattacentre.nsw.gov.au/> https://regattacentre.nsw.gov.au/>
it seems to be closed until 29
>> September. I am not keen on doing a 600km round trip to have some
>> security Jobsworth tell me I can't get to see the bird, "because
>> ...." so wonder whether someone familiar with the area can advise if
>> it is possible to see the bird without going to the rower-infested area.
>>
>>
>> Martin Butterfield
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