To continue a thread of some weeks back...
After rashly commenting to Russell Woodford, in public, that I would do
a bird list while on the Around the Bay in a Day Ride, I took a mini
tape recorder with me on the ride last Sunday. Our route took us from
Port Melbourne to Geelong and Queenscliff, then ferry to Sorrento and
back to Port Melbourne on the east side of the bay.
During 8 hours of battling southwesterly headwinds and all too brief,
exhilarating tailwinds, Martin O'Brien, Natasha Schedvin and I clocked
up an uninspiring 46 bird species as we rode the 212 km around Port
Phillip Bay.
There were two highlights. The first was Australian Gannets wheeling
at eye level, their backs dazzling white in the sun, not far from the
road as we passed Corio Bay, at a point where the road is near the
clifftop. The other was finishing the ride without dropping my tape
recorder or causing a pile-up amongst 4,500 cyclists as I scanned the
paddocks and listened for birds above the roar of the wind.
I can provide the list on request.
Cheers
Ian
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Ian Temby
Wildlife Damage Control Officer
Secretary, BIRDS Australia Parrot Association
Flora and Fauna Branch
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Parade
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002
AUSTRALIA
Phone 613 9412 4429
Fax 613 9412 4586
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