Today at 4:30pm the RSPCA pond had 23 pink-eared ducks and still half a dozen each of both dotterels. (and YTBCs were plentiful earlier over the brindabellas in small groups).
From: casburnj [
Sent: Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:00
To: 'Megan Mears'; 'Kevin Windle'; 'COG Chatline'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Weston RSPCA pond - me too - 6 May
I also saw the same birds as you did Kevin – at 3.30pm. Also the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were still around in the direction of the bike path to Scrivener from the pines across the river. They were moving north east.
From: Megan Mears [m("gmail.com","majurabirds");">]
Sent: Monday, 6 May 2013 7:40 PM
To: Kevin Windle; COG Chatline
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Weston RSPCA pond
That's an amazing result for what looks like a pretty ordinary pond. Last time I was there... I ended up with a kitten!
Megan
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Kevin Windle <m("anu.edu.au","Kevin.Windle");" target="_blank">> wrote:
After the COG walk at the Pinnacle, I stopped to take a look at this body of water down the slope from the RSPCA and found quite a variety of birds, including: 8 Pink-eared duck, 1 Shoveler, numerous Grey teal, 8+ Black-fronted dotterel, 6 Red-kneed dotterel. Eighty Yellow-tailed black cockatoos flew over, heading NW. There were 2 Australian pipits close to the RSPCA.
Kevin Windle
