Saw 2 (Male & Female) overhead in Devonport St., Lyons at 10am Sun
15/2.
Bruce.
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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 1:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] More GGs
There has been a sudden influx of G-Gs into Rivett/Chapman too, yesterday
morning there were up to eight, including 7 in my GBS site. This morning I
found 3 at the same spot in Rivett and time (6:50) as I originally did
yesterday. They were calling very softly and loathe to move, so I suspect
they’d roosted there.
Jack Holland
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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:42 AM
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Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] More GGs
Dogs complained about being left
out of the story. ‘Hey we were there too’, they say, ‘as well as all those
noisy burts’. Not good subjects for a long lens and don’t really help, but
easier to count
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Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Wednesday, 18
February 2015 8:31 AM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] More
GGs
Combination dog walk and Gang-gang photography this morning.
Standing on Rocky Knob (0710-0740) I could hear GGs from all points of the
compass. Very hard to count but conservatively at least 20. A
post-roosting pre-feeding aggregation. By 0730 they had largely dispersed
with just the odd croak heard now. In below blue-framed part flock only 2 of 8
appear to be males, but there are 5 of 9 in the other (red framed) flock.
Most are open-billed (eg inset), giving an idea of the cacophony at the height
of the gathering.
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