Sorry folks I have just received a slap on the wrist, I forgot
Letterwing Kite (18) Ross Dam, now I dont know which one to leave
out
> From: Ian Clayton <>
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: Best Ten for Townsville.
> Date: Friday, 20 March 1998 0:22
>
> Ian's best ten birds for Townsville.
>
> 1. Garganay, 15/3/92, Blakey's Crossing. (This one was not sat on and
> quite
> a few people got to see it).
>
> 2. Freckled Duck 16 14/6/92, borrow pits adjacent to Ross Dam, Kelso.
> (About
> three hundred metres from home). The previous weekend Kath
> Shurcliff, Rolf
> Jensen and I, drove out to Lake Toomba which is about 100 klm nth west
> of
> Charters Towers. The purpose of the trip was to tick Freckled Duck non
> of use
> having seen them before. Surprise surprise when they turned up on my
> back door step the next weekend.
>
> 3. Pectoral Sandpiper 1 5/4/92, Blakey's Crossing.
>
> 4. Rajah Shelduck 4 10/8/90, Blakey's Crossing.
>
> 5. Painted Snipe 1, Ross Dam area.
>
> 6. Black-chinned Honeyeater 6, in the back yard.
>
> 7. Square-tailed Kite 3, Northern Beaches. A pair and most years a juv.
> can be seen patrolling the northern beaches area during the cooler
> months. My theory is they come down of the Paluma Range for the
> winter.
>
> 8. Great-billed Heron 2, Three Mile Creek, Pallarenda.
>
> 9. Rufous Owl 4, breeding pair, Kelso.
>
> 10. Red-necked Avocet 6 1/11/92, Town Common.
>
>
> Ian Clayton
> Townsville
> North Qld.
> Phone 07 4789 1306
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