Black-tailed Native-hen take 2

["Pedroanddi" <>]

Two birds were seen at 2.20 this afternoon. One bird was seen clearly from the road on the mud bank adjacent to the small willow. From there it walked up the bank to the grass appeared to dry its wings and then disappeared. The second bird was in a low branch of the middle willow from where it flopped into the water and then preened itself next to the gate. The first bird then returned.

 

Peter Mellor

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From: Alastair Smith [
Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2007 7:02 AM
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Black-tailed Native-hen take 2

This morning I undertook an early morning vigil for the Black-tailed Native-hen and observed two birds.

Cheers

Alastair

 

From: Damien Farine [
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2007 7:42 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Black-tailed Native-hen take 2

 

Milburn and I headed out to Urriara homestead dam this afternoon to check out the Black-tailed Native-hen reported by Martin today.  Without initial success, we settled in for a long afternoon wait, keeping a close eye on the gate and surrounding mud banks.  Before we knew it, it was running down the bank and spent some time drinking and preening within centimeters of the gate.  When we left it, it had moved to the top of the bank.

On the way back, we found a group of 30+ migrating woodswallows flying south along the Murrumbidgee, which consisted of mostly white-browed with several masked amongst them.

All in all, a very successful afternoon for some!
Cheers,
Damien

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