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Martin O'Brien wrote:
>
> birding-aus
>
> Jack Krohn asks about Magpie Goose introductions in Victoria.
>
> The Atlas of Victorian Wildlife and Wetlands Database provide the
> following
> details.
>
> The first recorded database observation of MG at Tower Hill is 1974
> and
> 1988 at Serendip. MG have bred at both sites and have been free to
> come
> and go. Tower Hill is now the most regularly reported site for the
> Species
> in the state. There have been attempts by the species to breed close
> to
> Melbourne. In 1993 a pair nested at Ryans Swamp near the Western
> Treatment Plant. However the attempt failed due to an unknown (but
> probably a fox) predator.
>
> As far as I am aware the Department of Natural Resources and
> Environment is
> not currently undertaking any breeding of geese in Victoria. Some
> fauna
> parks, however, have had some success. Kyabram Fauna Park west of
> Shepparton managed to raise some goslings in 1988. The species was of
> course introduced to this site.
>
> Martin O'Brien
> Executive Scientific Officer
> Scientific Advisory Committee
> Threatened Species Program
> Department of Natural Resources and Environment
> 4/250 Victoria Pde.,
> East Melbourne, 3002
> Victoria, AUSTRALIA
>
> tel: +61 3 9412 4567
> fax: +61 3 9412 4586
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There used to be some Magpie Geese at Serendip (near You Yangs Vic.)
This property was used as a wildlife research establishment , maybe
still is.
There was a suggestion that the birds occasionally seen at the Western
Treatment Plant (formerly Werribee Sewage Farm) came from there. This
would include the Ryans Swamp pair.
Anthea Fleming in Melbourne
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