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At McDermott Place, Lake Ginninderra, this morning in eucalypts near the
boat ramp I saw two immature bronze cuckoos, but whether they were
Horsfields or Shining Bronze, I couldn't tell.
About 50m away, out on the water, I watched a Silver Gull flying along very
close to the surface, then after ~ 60m, it turned and went back the other way. I
zapped the binos on it and believe the bill was agape, tip of lower
mandible cutting through the water reminiscent of the Skimmers Rynchops
spp of the northern hemisphere. Ain't never seen the likes but a brat
said she'd read of such behavior by Silver Gulls in HANZAB. I've no doubt that's
right but didn't check.
Across on the opposite shore several dark objects arrayed on drooping
foliage of a eucalypt caught my attention and, when I glassed them, turned out
to be Dusky Moorhens, all a good 5m above the ground. Never seen them go
arboreal before. Probably moor to them than I was aware of.
John Layton.
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