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Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 10:01 AM
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Subject: "It was big enough to swallow a birdwatcher
whole...". [SEC=PERSONAL]
Hi All
Beth and I were up at Fogg Dam recently and kept a close
eye out for this fella. We knew he was around and had been impressed by the
photos circulated earlier in the year. However, we only managed to spot one
small Saltie whilst spotlighting (from the car) at night. There were also some
very active pythons, frogs, and a Burton's Legless Lizard.
The birding was impressive as always with particular
highlights at Fogg Dam being the flock of Australian Pratincole and a lone
Oriental Plover that were feeding on the dam wall - allowing easy photography
as they stood within metres of the car/mobile hide. Memorable stuff!
Cheers Dan
Dr Daniel Mantle
Timescales Project
Geoscience Australia
Ph. +61 (2) 6249 5831 (work)
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From: con [
Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 9:29
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] "It was big enough to
swallow a birdwatcher whole...".
In my Territory years I was very careful to avoid crocs.
While it can be
a little unnerving to watch crocs that are watching you, what
is really
worrying are the unknown unknowns. These are the crocs
that are watching
you but you don't know that they are watching you.
I was once treated to the sight of a croc taking a Varied
Lorikeet and
also observed mobbing behaviour at crocs by other birds.
Con
