Hi Birders,
The following observations were given at the NSW
Field Ornithologists Club meeting on 5 September 2000
Latham's Snipe 1 Gap Bluff, South
Head, Sydney Harbour NP 26/8/00 (this is the first report for the season, the
usual arrival date is about 14/8)
Koel Cuckoo 1 male Neutral Bay,
Sydney 4/9/00, this is an earlier arrival date than usual
(R. Dallimore)
Channel-billed Cuckoo 1 Mosman Bay, Sydney 2/9/00
(Wendy Bannister), this is an earlier arrival date than usual, the normal
arrival time is mid to late September.
Osprey 2 lower Mooney Creek,
Brisbane Water NP 5/9/00 (Andrew Sourry)
Pilotbird 1 Dunns Swamp, Wollemi
NP 1/9/00 (Fred Van Gessell)
Black Falcon 1 near Glen Alice
1/9/00 (Fred Van Gessell)
Hooded Robin 1 near Glen Alice
(Fred Van Gessell)
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
1 Red Rock Ck, Capertee Valley 8/8/00 (Penny
Drake-Brockman)
Buff-banded rail 1 roadkill
Arcadia, north-west Sydney 30/8/00 (Don Thompson)
Buff-banded rail 2 Wallace Lake,
Lithgow 129/8/00 (P. Drake-Brockman)
Wedge-tailed Eagle 1 Curra Moors,
Royal NP 20/8/00 (Tony Peri)
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo 80+
Bourke 26/8/00 (Jim Francis)
Alan Morris
NSWFOC Records Officer
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