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I drove to Canberra from Robertson, today,
and I thought I saw a number of large white birds on nests high in Eucalypt
trees (on a hillside) as I went over the large hill where the "old Federal Hwy"
and Donnelly's Road are marked (small side roads). This is approx 2 Km north of
Macks Reef Road. The nests were on my left as I headed towards Canberra, going
down the hill (i.e., over the crest, heading down towards the Yass River, at the
bottom of the long hill there).
I was running late for a hospital
appointment, so I could not stop and check out the sighting, but I was pretty
sure this looked like approx. half a dozen White Ibis nests. It seemed an
odd location to me (no wetlands close by). Has anyone else noticed these
nests? Are they White Ibises?
I confirm the comment made by Peter Milburn
about good numbers of White Necked Herons on Rowe's Lagoon, and also quite
common this season on moist paddocks in the Southern Highlands.
Denis Wilson
Robertson NSW 2577
Love to Grow: Grow to
Love
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