> I saw a Great Crested Grebe at Swanport Reserve about 5km south of
>Murray Bridge. I hadn't recorded this species in the area before, so it
>was a pleasing sighting. In fact I haven't seen it much in South Aust.
>It is my impression that this species is not very common here in South
>Aust. What what do other birders think??
Trevor,
I've only ever seen Great Crested Grebes on two occasions: three on Lake
Alexandrina at Meningie (SA) in late October 1995, and a few on Bibra Lake
in a southern suburb of Perth (WA) in early October 1997.
Great birds that I'd been wanting to see for a while. At first I thought
"ah, so this is where they hang out" but your comments about their scarcity
in SA tends to refute that. My impression now is that they are nowhere
common.
Harvey
.........................................................................
Dr Harvey D. Perkins :: Editor, :
Divn Biochemistry & Molecular Biology :: Canberra Bird Notes, :
Faculty of Science :: Journal of the Canberra :
Australian National University :: Ornithologists Group (COG) :
Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia :: 42 Summerland Circuit, :
ph: (02) 6249 2693; fax:(02) 6249 0313 :: Kambah, ACT 2902 :
email: :: Ph: (02) 6231 8209 :
.........................................................................
To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to
Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus" in the message body (without the
quotes)
|
