Fyshwick SF - Australasian Grebes

This may be a silly question, but did you count all ponds?  I have noticed
the much-higher-than-usual numbers of Aust Grebes over the last couple of
months, but they are mainly confined to the further set of ponds, numbers
2 and 3 in particular (if I've got the numbering correct).

Regards
Frank

> Steve/Prue and Michael
>
> I wonder what time of day you did your counts?
>
> I counted the ponds a couple of times in March and got lower numbers than
> either of you and wonder if time of day was an issue rather than change of
> flock size (or - schlock, horror  - observer error by me).  My outcomes
> were
>
> 14 March (9:45 - 11:15)  Aust'n 45 ...Hoary head 60
> 28 March (13:45- 15:00) Aust'n 46 ...Hoary head 56
>
> Martin
>
> On 4/24/07, Steve Holliday <> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Michael
>>
>> Prue and I did a count there on 7 April - we got 62 Aus Grebes! Only
>> about
>> 80 HH grebes and 14 Blue-bills though
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Steve
>>