I was also there, for only about 20 minutes at dusk on Sunday 6 May, in Ardea hide. I noted, among the more usual: 4 Black-fronted Dotterels, 1 Spotted Crake
and something like 100 Common Starlings coming in to roost in the reeds. I don’t recall seeing this reed roosting by Starlings there before, maybe due to not been there at dusk often, although it is hardly anything new.
Philip
From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Tuesday, 6 March, 2018 8:14 PM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Kelly's today
Highlights of a brief visit this afternoon:
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White-necked Heron
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Latham's Snipe (late?)
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5 Black-fronted Dotterel (Ardea hide)
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4 Red-kneed Dotterel (Cygnus hide)
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1 Freckled Duck (Cygnus hide)
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624 Common Starling on power lines near car park - counted from photo: I had estimated 500)
