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Hi Birders,
It is true that Dubbo is on the extreme eastern
edge of the range of the Australian Pratincole in central NSW, as suggested
by David Geering in his report to Birding-Aus today 30/3/010 and records for
Dubbo are hard to find.
Some recent records include between
October-December 1977 at Lake Cowal, Parkes, Narrabri, Dubbo & Gilgandra.
The Dubbo birds were seen on the Dubbo airport and there were about 3 birds on 1
December. in the company of 18 Banded Lapwings, including two
chicks.
A single bird was seen again at Dubbo 6-7
August 1982
The birds were usually seen when in my capacity as
the NPWS Manager at Coonabrabran (1975-1982), I drove to Dubbo to fly to Broken
Hill etc and saw them from the aircraft! Had I been resident in Dubbo, they may
have been found to occur more often.
Alan Morris
NSWFOC Records Officer
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