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Hi I've been away so missed the chat
correspondence.
I first joined this chatline at a time of animated
discussion about white wagtails at the Bungendore sewage works and so I have
been a bit bemused by chat discussion ever since.
White-fronted Chats apparently need particularly
bare ground on which to forage. This is provided by either semi-tidal saltflats
along the coast or by the drying up of large ephemeral lakes like Lakes George
and Bathurst. If there isn't any suitable habitat in the ACT area then there
won't be any chats. That does not mean that they are rare in suitable habitat or
that we need be concerned about them.
Incidentally we saw good nos of WF Chats on some
recently irrigated very bare grazed farms in the Riverina on a visit to
Oolambeyan etc. They have adapted well to this man-made version of their
preferred habitat.
Tom Green
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