Dear Birders
Below, please find the corrected version of my earlier posting just for
the record.
At about 2.30 pm (CST) this afternoon (11 August 2000), Patricia and
myself were walking along the western margin of the Kaurna Wetland at
Salisbury North, South Australia when we observed a Comb-crested Jacana
wading amongst the flooded sedgeland about 80 metres east of us. The
bird casually moved south along the sedge margin before settling into a
more densely covered patch. Occasionally it raised its wings and once
it flew a short distance but settled again on a nearby sedge patch. The
bird appears to be a young adult showing little or no sign of breeding
plumage (pale brown upperparts and small amount of red on its comb).
After watching the bird for 15 minutes, we remembered that Pat had a
mobile phone in her bag so we rang David Close who then contacted John
Cox and Colin Rogers. About 20 minutes later John arrived and not long
after Colin also turned up and to our pleasure the bird just strutted
its stuff in full view occasionally hiding and then emerging again from
the short sedge. We were joined later by Johns wife Heather Cox, and we
all enjoyed excellent views.
The exact observation site is from the western edge (Helps Road
embankment), 100 metres north from the south-western corner (cnr. of
Waterloo Corner Road and Helps Road) of the wetland.
When we left at about 5.00 pm, the bird was quite settled and appeared
content to remain in the area.
Regards and best wishes
Ian May
Mob. Phone 0409474575
phone/ fax (08)81825858
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