I visited Kelly's this evening from about 5.45pm until after dark. Highlights
were fantastic views of a platypus swimming near the bridge - best views I've
ever had of a platypus and my first for about 20 years! I got the impression
that there might have been two animals. This impression was reinforced when I
was returning over the bridge after dark when there were clearly two animals
swimming in the water, although it was too dark to be certain it was actually
two platypuses, rather than, say, two water rats.
Other highlights were 2 Snipe that flew in, calling, just on dark, and 2 Rufous
Night Herons that flew in to Kelly's, again just on dark. I failed to see any
crakes or rails.
Other species included 1 Whistling Kite, 1 Black-shouldered Kite, 1 Horsfield's
Bronze-cuckoo.
Regards
Frank Antram
-----Original message-----
From: "Whitworth, Benjamin - BRS"
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:10:24 +1000
To:
Subject: Platypus: Jerrabomberra wetlands [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
> I saw the platypus at Jerrabomberra wetlands at lunchtime.
>
> On the wooden walkway/bridge, if you look West along the creek, it was
> in the water about 20m along, next to a dead stick.
>
> Rangers were mowing and bulldozing, and it was windy, which made it hard
> to bird watch. But saw fuscous, New Holland honeyeater juvenile, some
> welcome swallows may be nesting under the boardwalk, lots of redbrows
> and reedwarblers, and some grey fantails almost hit me. About 20 fairy
> martins, 10 tree martins, a Horsfield's bronze cuckoo was heard. I
> didn't see any small crakes or rails.
>
> Benj
>
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