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Missing coots

To: B&RGraham <>
Subject: Missing coots
From: shorty <>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 09:31:34 +0000
I also note that i recorded only one Coot and no Grebes at Jerra Wetlands today. Perhaps the unusual rainfall has something to do with this ?

On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 8:10 PM, B&RGraham <> wrote:
In my walk round Yerrabi Pond this morning there were no Eurasian Coots of grebes. There was only a pair of Pacific Black Ducks in the duck family. The coots usually number  between 600 and 800. It is odd to see Yerrabi almost empty of waterbirds. Black Swans were breeding ,Dusky Moorhens  and Australian Swamphens were still present.The Eurasian Coots never breed there although breeding has been recorded in smaller suburban ponds.

Bill Graham



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