Guinea fowl (Dickson)

[Anne Carrick <>]

Some months ago, when I was walking along Hawdon Street
towards the council depot, I saw one guinea fowl on the edge of the
playing field.  It was pecking about in a desultory sort of
way.  A little later some feral pigeons landed at a feed tray on the
edge of the playing field at the council depot end, and the guinea fowl
trotted up to them, calling softly, as if it wanted some company. 

A few days later, a local saw me watching a family of plovers, m, f and
three young, on the Dutton Street side of the playing field.  In the
ensuring converstation she asked if I had seen the local guinea
fowl.  She told me that it had once belonged to someone who had
subsequently moved away, and that now it lived in the gardens of various
houses in Hawdon, Russe and Dumaesq Streets.  I only saw one bird,
and have not seen it since.  

Anne

At 09:00 AM 31/05/2008 +0000, Susanne Gardiner wrote: 

> Hi all
>
>  
>
> while cycling from north Ainslie to Dickson I came across some guinea
> fowl in front of the council depot in Hawdon Street/Dickson. I have used
> this way for 10 years now and have never seen them before, but friends
> who recently moved to that end of Hawdon Street reckon they live in or
> around the council depot. I didn't check, how many there are. Might do
> that tomorrow.
>
>  
>
> Does anyone know anything about them? The one bird book they appear in
> (Simpson & Day) say that they are not on the Australian List and they
> usually appear on Heron Island and other great barrier reef islands.
> These ones also seem to have different white and red markings on their
> face than the bird in Simpson&Day. (I guess, I'll definitly will go
> back tomorrow - with camera.)
>
>  
>
> Cheers, Susanne
>
>
> Get the name you always wanted with the
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