Coot breeding

["Lintermans, Mark" <>]

On Tuesday 17 January whilst following up on a fish kill at the Giralang wetlands (downstream side of where Ginninderra Ck passess under William Slim Drive), I saw two small downy chicks with orange-red heads being looked after by a pair of adult Eurasian Coots. The birds were in and around the thick fringing cumbungi at the inlet end of the wetland

I had a good view of them, from a distance of maybe 5 metres, for a period of maybe 5 minutes.

To my knowledge, coot breeding records are extremely scarce in the ACT, I can think of an old record (mid to late 1980s?) from Goldenholme pond near Jerrabomberra wetlands, but can't immediately recall any others. I certainly haven't seen any other chicks in my time raoming the streams and wetlands of the ACT

Does anybody know of other ACT or Canberra region records?

Cheers

Mark Lintermans
Senior Aquatic Ecologist
Natural Environment Policy and Research
(Wildlife Research & Monitoring)
Environment ACT
PO Box 144, Lyneham, ACT, 2602
Ph (02) 6207 2117
Fax (02) 6207 2122
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