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bee eaters, dollarbird, wwt, r songlark,fan tailed cuckoo, BOP. [SEC=UNC

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Subject: bee eaters, dollarbird, wwt, r songlark,fan tailed cuckoo, BOP. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
From: "John Leonard" <>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:46:34 +1100
I must admit, I can't quite see the logic: we don't have enough water
for Canberra at the present size, and yet a whole new set of suburbs
is approved.

[Ditto for Australia, every capital city is experiencing water
restrictions, and yet we celebrate an increasing birth-rate!]

John Leonard

On 10/30/07, Joe Barr <> wrote:
> Enjoy our exotic little secret corner of Dunlop/Macgregor while you
> can Benj.   The developers are moving in and the low-cost blocks have
> just started selling so all the paddocks south of the horse trail
> will soon be filled with land clearers closely followed by little
> boxes and non-bird-aware families.  It will probably make quite a
> difference to the very interesting bird life around there.  Over the
> blitz weekend I recorded 57 species in I11 - all within less than 2
> kilometres of the red-backed kingfishers and most within 1 k  - and
> some of the regulars just didn't appear (including the dollar bird so
> I'm glad you caught it).   This town is getting too big - perhaps
> it's time for a tree-change!
>
> Joe Barr
>
>
>    At 05:21 PM 30/10/2007, Whitworth, Benjamin - BRS wrote:
>
> >..............
> >Not a blitz site- but Sunday from 2-4pm- Dunlop- 2 red backed
> >kingfishers (twitch), hooded robin male, ~20 fairy martins flying
> >into/out of nests, 3 rainbow bee eaters, dollarbird, horsfield's B
> >cuckoo, pallid cuckoo. For a mediocre looking site the birds are amazing.
> >
> >
> >
> >Benj Whitworth
>
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John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
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