A couple of people have asked me to clarify the location of "the usual
place" on the western shore of Lake Ginninderra where the NN-herons roost.
The "usual place" is a grove of tall casuarinas several hundred yards
north of the Macdermott Place carpark. It's on the northern shore of the
bay containing the willow-tree covered island. I've attached a
GoogleEarth grab with a rather poorly drawn arrow pointing to the grove.
(Whatever did we do before GoogleEarth?)
For a relatively large bird, they can be very difficult to spot from
below, and tend to be a bit flighty when people wander around under
their roost trees, so sometimes the lake shore further round to the
north is a better spot to view them from.
There was a Dollarbird flying around in that area last night too...
Good luck.
John
martin butterfield wrote:
Frank
May I have 2 bob EW?
My memory - assisted by a scan of my past ACT Atlas records- is that
the lake Ginninderra Night-herons, which I have always taken as a post
breeding dispersion - have been evident in November(ish). Thus a
young bird at Kellys could also be a tourist from elsewhere.
That being said there have been reports of an adult bird roosting in
the willow opposite Bittern hide so perhaps there was a nest there?
Martin
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:56 PM, <
<>> wrote:
I'm not sure whether it has any relevance but there has been a
juvenile Night Heron hanging around Kellys, as well as an
adult.....possible breeding in the area?
Regards
Frank Antram
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From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:13:53 +1100
To:
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Drongo proper
> I spent an hour there this afternoon but couldn't see Mr D.
However over
> the creek was the ACT Itchy Night-Heron. If anyone is monitoring
these, to
> see if there's a pair for example, this one has a relatively short
> head-plume and a wound on the left leg.
>
>
>
> INH.jpg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Compston
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> Sent: Tuesday, 5 January 2010 8:35 AM
> To: Canberra Birds
> Subject: [canberrabirds] spangles drongo again
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>
> We were at the spot where Frank saw the drongo yesterday for
about an
>
> hour before it appeared, hawking at 7.20pm. Very good views.
Should
>
> have had one of the photographers there. It did not call at all
>
>
>
> Elizabeth
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