BIRDLINE NSW - 15.10.96

["Chris Gladwin" <>]

     I was off line last week, hence the late arrival of the previous Birdline
     update.  Highlights in NSW over the last week are as follows:

     GREAT CRESTED GREBE        30 Lake Windermere, Mudgee 8/10
     AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (?) 1 possible bird still apparently present
                                Mason Park, Strathfield
     LONG-TOED STINT            1 Pittown Lagoon, Windsor 8/10
     CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO      widespread in Sydney suburbs
     ORIENTAL CUCKOO            1 Sarah's Knob, Waranora, Sydney 6/10
     POWERFUL OWL               2 with young Mitchell Park, Cattai 5/10
     WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL  2 Pilliga S.F., Coonabarabran 5/10
     NOISY PITTA                "several" Copeland Common, Gloucester 5/10
     VARIED TRILLER             1 Copeland Common 5/10
     SPECTACLED MONARCH         1 Copeland Common 5/10
     WHITE-BREASTED WOODSWALLOW 3 returned to Bayview, Pittwater 28/9



     Chris Gladwin
     

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