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Report of Australian Pratincoles at Lake George

To: "David McDonald (personal)" <>
Subject: Report of Australian Pratincoles at Lake George
From: martin butterfield <>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:13:50 +1100
Both Frank Antram and myself followed this ob up with no luck.

Martin

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:47 AM, David McDonald (personal) <> wrote:
Hi. I observed  this species yesterday on the Moulamein - Hay (NSW) road. I note that Birdline NSW http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineSpeciesArchive.aspx?Taxon=1402 has a Sept 2011 record of the species from Lake George (the spelling errors are the observer's, not mine):
09/13/2011
Austrailian Pratincole, Blue-billed Duck, Little Eagle Lake George near Canberra

Three Australian Paratincoles in the short, patchy grass near edges of the south-west part of the lake (from the Lake Rd). A little Eagle was perching on the gum tree near Lake Rd. A Swamp Harrier was chasing ducks (mostly Grey Teals - 3000+) . There was one Blue-billed Duck, 8 A Pelicans and few Hardhead among them. Small flock of Red-capped Plovers (32 birds) were feeding on the water edge
Ted Wnorowski 14/9 #95067
According to COG's Rarities Panel list of unusual birds http://canberrabirds.org.au/Unusuals.htm the most recent endorsed record for this species in COG's area of concern is from 1991.

David
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