Pied Herons

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Subject:	Pied Herons
From:	"Mike Tarburton" <>
Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:18:20 +1000

Dear Bird Netters

all the best to the new colony of Pied Herons at Macquarie Marshes.

Here in PNG their numbers have increased tremendously this  year - or at
least on our campus they have.  Usually we have a peak of around 200 - 220
birds, but for the last week we have had 800 -950 roosting (sleeping at
night) on the lawn between lakes 1 and 2, right near the Library.  It is a
great sight to see and hear.  Some roost in a Jacaranda and Eucalypt tree
but most are on the grassed bank.  Just as well this campus is a bird
sanctuary.

Happy birding

Mike


--
Dr Mike Tarburton
Assoc Prof Biology
Pacific Adventist University
PMB  Boroko
Papua New Guinea



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