royal spoonbills

[Martin Butterfield <>]

Thank you posting this Elizabeth.  I share your sorrow at the loss of the tree, even though it was barely visible through the reeds these days..

Martin

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 3 October 2015 at 21:55, Elizabeth Compston <> wrote:

I went to Kelly's this morning and was very upset to see that the tree in the lake where royal spoonbills had nested in 2008-09 had been removed.  This tree was historic. Many COG members observed at least some stage of this breeding event. The birds were observed from the courting stage to final flight, of the juveniles, from the tree.  Geoffrey Dabb and I followed the whole sequence of events, with Geoffrey taking many photographs.  It was one of the highlights of my birding career.

Martin Butterfield wrote two articles of this breeding.  I believe that it is the only known complete breeding event of royal spoonbills in the ACT

Why was the tree cut down?  I thought that some time ago we discussed with Michael that the tree should not be destroyed.  Even as just a skeleton it should have been left.  It was an important part of the history of Kelly's.

Elizabeth Compston
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