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Late breeding Grebes?

To: "Rob Geraghty" <>, "chat line" <>
Subject: Late breeding Grebes?
From: "Michael and Janette Lenz" <>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:40:13 +1000
Rob,

these are certainly late breeding records, very good.

The Australasian Grebe is an opportunistic breeder in response to rainfall. Our good run with rainfall over the last few months will have triggered this late breeding (see also Canberra Bird Notes 32 (2) 2007: 102-105). Your records would be a good addition to the COG data base, especially in light of many observations for an increasing number of species that have responded to the recent rains with out-of-season breeding.

Michael Lenz

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From: "Rob Geraghty" <>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:47 PM
To: "Canberrabirds" <>
Subject: Late breeding Grebes?

Hi,
I went for a short walk at the Fyshwick settlement ponds today and was surprised to see two different Grebes each with a pair of very small chicks in tow. Isn't it a bit late in the season for them to be breeding?

Rob
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Rob Geraghty





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