BIRDLINE NSW - update 12 May 1997

["Chris Gladwin" <>]

     I was expecting some great seabird records after the storm but nothing as
     yet.  Highlights in New South Wales over the last week are as follows:

     BLACK BITTERN      1 Centennial Park, Sydney 20/4 - record just
                        received.  It was on the edge of the large pond
                        with the cormorant nesting islands in the middle.
     GREY GOSHAWK       1 Stannix Park, Windsor 4/5
     COMB-CRESTED JACANA        1 Pitt Town Lagoon, Windsor 8/5 - the
                                missing bird from Summer returned?
     HOODED PLOVER      3 Lake Conjola, South Coast 26/4
     BLACK-WINGED STILT 173 Bicentennial Park, Homebush 4/5
     SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER     4 Pitt Town Lagoon, Windsor 8/5 - very late
     PACIFIC GULL       1 Long Reef, Sydney 30/4 and 2 Metromix Swamp,
                        Cronulla 25/4 - becoming commoner in Sydney
     KELP GULL          9 Penrhyn Rd. Botany 11/5 - sheltering from the
                        gale force winds.  A high count for Sydney
     SCARLET ROBIN      several Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains 4/5
     ROSE ROBIN         several Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains 4/5
     BROWN HONEYEATER   "many" feeding in flowering Melaleuca Bicentennial
                        Park, Homebush 4/5

     And large numbers of migrating honeyeaters at Megalong Valley, Blue
     Mountains 4/5


     Chris Gladwin
     Sydney, Australia
     

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