Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:17:53 +1000
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Wednesday activities
Thanks to Mike Robbins for an excellent facilitation and some excellent birds on the Wednesday walk. Unfortunately my efforts at photographing the Hooded robin chick produced nothing usuable. I hope someone else had better skill!
in the afternoon I went to Jerrabombera Wetlands to try to persuade Alastair's Black-tailed Native hen to emerge. It didn't, so I will try again tomorrow. However the visit was well worthwhile with my interest being grabbed by:
2 Glossy ibis .between Bittern and Cygnus hides;
3 familes of Purple swamp-hen totalling 8 chicks (see image for some of them) mainly in front of Bittern;
2 Chestnut teal with 9 very small ducklings and 2 Pac Blac ducs with 6 ducklings - both lots in front of Cygnus
1 Whistling kite over the future dog trac site (see below)
About 25 Black swans including 6 small cygnets in front of Tadorna;
1 Royal spoonbll in breeding attire opposite Tadorna;
Magpie-lark NY on one of the islands oposite Tadorna.
As I was returning from my Hen-hunt I noticed some 10 suits and 10 suitesses standing on the wooden footbridge. They looked somewhat like bookies so I guess Geoffrey's message of yesterday has inspired someone to start site inspections for the motocross and dog track he was prophesying. I suppose we should be sympathetic: in these EI times the desperate punters (is that a tautology?) must be very short of investment opportunities.
Martin
