Hi Rod!
It would be well worth keeping an eye open to see if they start nest
building in that area. The Ulladulla pair have been very rarely sighted on
Burrill Lake since the failed attempt to breed last season. I don’t know
if this is because they (Telecom) have virtually destroyed the nest on the
tower or a combination of other things but alas I live in hope. I
have 2 Birdo friends who live at Bawley Point and they occasionally see Ospreys
down there so they could have made their base down in that area. So good luck
and keep paddling around Durras.
Bob
From: Rod's Gardening
[
Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2010 11:03 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Durras Ospreys
Durras
Lake has risen a metre or so following recent rainfalls totalling
320mm. Exposed banks have again become navigable so I
paddled the Lake on the Canberra Day weekend. On the outward
journey I was rewarded with my first Osprey sighting since 19 March 2009.
This was in much the same location as recorded during the February 2009 COG
trip. On the return journey I had a brief glimpse what I thought was
an Osprey harassing a White-bellied Sea Eagle but wasn't completely confident
with that identification. I also wondered, would an Osprey bother
harassing a Sea Eagle? About 5 mins later close to the place of the
original sighting I noticed something silver flash about
halfway up a gumtree within sight of the boat ramp - and there was an Osprey,
its left foot clamped on a still struggling fish. I knew it couldn't
be the bird I had seen shortly before, so the question was, were there two
Ospreys in the region? I got my answer last weekend when I was able to
see two birds, I think a male and a female, perched in two trees about 100
metres apart and about 1k upstream from the boat ramp on the southern side of
the lake.
Nice
to see them back again (if indeed they have been absent).
