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Around western Lake Burley Griffin

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Subject: Around western Lake Burley Griffin
From: "John Layton" <>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:58:35 +1000
Yesterday morning we parked at the Aborigine & Torres Strait Islanders building just off Lady Denman Drive intending to do a bird-hike around the western basin of Lake BG. We achieved our objective but my, it was a bit further than we anticipated. Arrived back at the ute dog-tired but happy. In fact, we were rather choughed  – sorry, I mean chuffed, this birding thing gets to bloke – as we'd bagged 49 species.
 
Here are just the highlights: Pair of Little Wattle Birds. Flock of 38 Red-rumped Parrots. A Regent Parrot, most likely an aviary escapee, or should that be escaper? 3 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos overhead. Australian Hobby. 7 Brown Quail. 15 Double-barred Finches. Pair of Grey Currawongs. An Eastern/Crimson Rosella hybrid, we think. 2 Brown Falcons. White-necked Heron. 3 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes. About 20 Welcome Swallows skimming around a metre above the grass. Grey Butcherbird. A feeding raft of at least 100 Little Black Cormorants. 12 Dusky Woodswallows. A group of 18 Australian Magpies. 2 Crested Shiketits. 27 King Parrots. A Muscovy drake which an Audubon-brat recorded as "Pizza-faced Puddle-duck". About 40 ravens overhead, Australian or Little Ravens, we couldn't discern.
 
Finally, three animals. A fox that had absolutely no fur on its tail which resembled a length of whipcord, probably an extreme case of mange. A dead Ring-tail Possum. A fleeting glimpse of a slinking, leaping little critter which we can only assume was a ferret.
 
John Layton.
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