I too have noticed very few coots on Lake Tuggeranong near the scout hall. Usually there at least 10. Wood ducks down to two. Entertainment from
chough family (4) and one on the nest and single parent plover with one youngster.
Anne Hall
From: shorty [
Sent: Sunday, 2 October 2016 8:32 PM
To: B&RGraham <>
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Missing coots
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.
