RE: [Birding-Aus] Species on Canberra lakes

["Alberta Hayes" <>]

Hey guys,
Tuggeranong Lake is fairly rubbish for birds.  Stranger Pond I believe is better and as Philip said, much closer to Pine Island.
Tuggeranong Lake does have Reed Warblers.  They can be reliably found up at the Monash end between the bridge and the weir.
Isabella Ponds kicks Tuggeranong Lake out of the water so to speak as far as waterbirds go.  However, the same area where you can find the Reed Warblers at the Lake is much better for robins and such.
Of course, the only place to reliably see birds on Tuggeranong Lake is outside of McDonalds and KFC...  Also slightly further around near the college.

Alberta Hayes, Monash.

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

I can't say it is a reason for the difference but I would mention that
Lake Tuggeranong is much closer to the Murrumbidgee Corridor (Pine
Island) than is Lake Ginninderra. The birds that are in the area are
possibly going to stay closer to more real habitat. Plenty of waterbirds
at Pine Island. Although that could just as easily be argued the other
way around............

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From:
[ On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty
Sent: Thursday, 1 January 2009 1:48 PM
To: Birding-Aus
Subject: Species on Canberra lakes

Hi All,
I took some photos beside Lake Tuggeranong yesterday, and I was
surprised by the absence of waterbirds.  Lake Ginninderra in Belconnen
has lots of waterbirds as well as reed warblers.  The habitat seems very
similar, yet the bird populations are very different.  Does anyone have
any thoughts on why there would be such a difference?  The main thing I
can think of is that Lake Tuggeranong has a lot fewer native trees
around the shores, and I don't think there's any islands for waterbird
habitat.

It still seems odd that with such a large body of water and reeds I saw
no waterbirds or warblers at all.

Rob

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