I am sure there are people with more observations of the birds than me but there appears to be a cattle feedlot about 100 metres or so from the dam on Trucking
Yard Lane. I have seen Pacific Black Ducks, Grey Teal and the whistle ducks feeding with cattle near the fed bins. They also compete with, at times, hundreds of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Galahs. I reckon it would be a costly exercise keeping the feed up
to all that lot.
Mark
From: Bill Hall [
Sent: Friday, 4 March 2016 10:11 PM
To: 'David McDonald (personal)';
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Plumed Whistling ducks at Trucking Yard Lane Friday morning
I counted 23 this evening around 5pm at the same location. All the birds were on the banks of the dam. Does any-one know where the birds feed?
Bill Hall
From: David McDonald (personal)
Sent: Friday, 4 March 2016 3:33 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Plumed Whistling ducks at Trucking Yard Lane Friday morning
Hi, I think Jenny is referring to the Trucking Yard Lane dam.
This morning I counted 24 there, which accords with Jenny's observation.
The Meadows Lane dam, where they were yesterday, was chock-a-block full of cattle, undoubtedly the reason for the ducks' move to Trucking Yard Lane.
David
On 4/03/2016 11:57 AM, Jenny Bounds wrote:
I popped into the lane on my way back from the coast this morning; there were about 25 PWDs on the large dam on the right (as you come off the highway).
Cheers
Jenny
From: Julienne Kamprad
Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2016 11:40 AM
To: CHATLINE
Subject: [canberrabirds] Plumed Whistling ducks
I saw 6 today Thursday at 11am on the Hoskinstown Rd. None at sewage works or Trucking Yard Lane and Burrows Ln dams.
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