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Birding in the Riverina

To: Jenny Bounds <>
Subject: Birding in the Riverina
From: martin butterfield <>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:29:45 +1000
Jenny

Don't keep us in suspense!  What were the three species?

Well done with the 'snipe'.

Martin

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Jenny Bounds <> wrote:
A small group of us have just returned from a week of birding in the Riverina, and the highlight was undoubtedly a group of 7 Painted Snipe which we saw with Philip Maher in a small swampy patch off the main highway to Hay, north of Deniliquin.  Finally, after 2 trips to the Riverina this autumn, I can tick off this species!!!  Although starting to dry out, there is still a lot of standing water around the plains and by the roadsides, and plenty of interesting species to be seen including Buff-banded Rails and Aust Spotted Crakes.  Raptors are abundant.  Over several days at Oolambeyan National Park where we did bird surveys for the NSW Parks Service, we added 3 new bird species to the Parks list. 
cheers
Jenny

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