--- On Tue, 10/20/09, martin butterfield <> wrote:
> Between about 11:45 and 12:45 today I
> spotted about 4 Black-tailed Native Hens, 2 Black-winged
> Stilts and several each of Australian White and Straw-necked
> Ibises. Also Purple Swamp Hens copulating. A major
> eruption of the ducks occurred when a Swamp Harrier flew
> over (the first I have seen for several months) and later a
> Whistling Kite soared overhead, heading off in the general
> direction of Callum Brae.
The Swamp Harrier was chased off by Lapwings.
> No Royal Spoonbills anywhere in sight. On checking the
> article in the December 2008 Canberra Bird Notes the first
> tangible evidence of breeding activity (a bird carrying a
> stick to what became the nest tree) was reported by Alastair
> Smith and Geoff Duggan on 26 October. However it seems
> that the birds had only turned up the previous day (reports
> by Juian Robinson and Sue Lashko) so there is still time for
> them to appear!
Hi Martin - good to meet you today. I just had a look at my records in Eremaea
and I recorded a Royal Spoonbill on 10 Oct 08, but I just checked my recordings
in email and I saw a pair on 07 Oct 08. I also met Alastair Smith on the 10th,
so he may also have a similar record.
That's not to say the Spoonbills won't turn up. :) There was a Yellow
Spoonbill much ealier in the year in 2008 as well.
I'm intrigued by the silence of the Whistling Kites seen in the ACT. I don't
think I've ever heard one call, yet when I lived in northern NSW they would
call constantly and I didn't have to look to know they were around.
Rob
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