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Re: BIRDLINE NSW - update 7 January 1998

To: Chris Gladwin <>
Subject: Re: BIRDLINE NSW - update 7 January 1998
From: moris <>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 20:24:17 +1100
Chris Gladwin wrote:
> 
>      Highlights in New South Wales over the last week are as follows:
> 
>      AUSTRALIAN BITTERN 2 Rose's Lagoon, Near Goulburn 29/12 and 31/12
>      WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE 1 Lapstone, Blue Mountains 31/12
>      BLACK FALCON       1 Rose's Lagoon, Near Goulburn 29/12
>      BAILLON'S CRAKE    several at each of Bushell's Lagoon, Pitt Town
>                 Lagoon, McGrath's Hill STW and Richmond Polo Club all week
>      AUSTRALIAN CRAKE   several at each of Bushell's Lagoon, Pitt Town
>                 Lagoon, McGrath's Hill STW and Richmond Polo Club all week
>      SPOTLESS CRAKE     1 Metromix Swamp, Cronulla 4/1
>      SANDERLING         1 Long Reef, Sydney 4/1
>      GREY-TAILED TATTLER        16 Long Reef, Sydney 4/1
>      SUPERB PARROT      120 between Gundagai and Junee 20/11
>      STRIATED PARDALOTE 1 Taronga Zoo grounds, Sydney 2/1 - first record
>      WHITE-BREASTED WOODSWALLOW 5 Narabeen Lagoon, Sydney 4/1
>      SPOTTED BOWERBIRD  1 Hawk's Nest, Central Coast 4/1 - recalls similar
>                         records on coast in SE Queensland
> 
>      Seeing the note on Pale-headed Rosella in Sydney prompts me to mention
>      that Sydney is crawling with feral and escaped parrots.  I receive
>      more reports on odd parrot species than any other birds. In the last
>      few weeks I have received reports, from Sydney, of Superb Parrot, Blue
>      Bonnet, Port Lincoln Parrot, Budgerigar, Long-billed and Little
>      Corellas and a Peach-faced Lovebird.  All are feral.
> 
>      Chris Gladwin
>      Sydney, Australia
>      
> 
>      BIRDLINE NSW (02) 9290 1778 - sponsored by Birds Australia, NSW Field
>      Ornithologists Club and Cumberland Bird Observers Club
> 
>      Please reply direct as a I am unable to see "Birding-Aus"
The following are the interesting bird records for the Central Coast
this week:
Juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo being fed by Pied Currawong Pt
Wollstoncroft on 10/1/98 by AKM
Juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo being fed by Pied Currawong at Umina on
12/1/98 per AKM
2 Adult Pacific Baza + 1 young at Avoca Lagoon 12/1/98 per AKM
1 Emerald Dove flew into window of Kulnura Public School 12/1/98 by Kaye
Pointer
1 White-necked Heron at Ourimbah 12/1/98 by Andrew Jones
1 juvenile Koel being fed by Red Wattlebirds in AKM's garden 14-17/1/98


Alan Morris

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