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G'day all
This
is the first time i have written to birdline but now i thick i have
something
exciting to write about.Having a weeks holiday i
thought i would spend an afternoon
fishing on Lake Cairn Curran close to home.But with
no fish biting and the Whiskered
Terns and Fairy Martins swooping over the water i
thought i would do some bird-
watching instead.
With Clamarous Reed Warblers calling in the
reeds,Black-tailed Native hens forage-
ing along the edge,a pair of Australian Shelducks
with chicks and large flocks of
Hoary-headed Grebes,Eurasian Coots and Cormorants i
had a great three hours.
Thirty nine birds in all and three new sightings
for my list.
So if anyones in the Newstead area over the next
few day take a visit to the Joyces
Creek end of Lake Cairn Curran between the road
bridge and the old railway bridge
and spend a couple of rewarding hours.
List
following
*New to my list.
Australian Shelduck *
Black-tailed Native Hen Laughing
Kookaburra
Pacific Black
Duck Eurasian
Coot
Superb Fairy Wren
Grey
Teal
Black-wing
stilt
Red-wattle Bird
Hard
head Bladk-fronted
Dottrel
White-plumed Honeyeater
Hoary-headed Grebe
Masked
Lapwing
Magpie Lark
Darter Silver
Gull
Willie Wagtail
Little Pied Cormorant *Whiskered
Tern *White-breasted
Wood Swallow
Lttle Black Cormorant Common
Bronzewing
Australian Magpie
Australian
Pelican
Galah
Australian Raven
White-faced
Heron Long-billed
Corella
Welcome Swallow
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Fairy Martin
Wedge-tailed
Eagle Crimson
Rosella
Clamarous Reed Warbler
Dusky
Moorhen
Red-rumped
Parrot Little
Grass Bird
John Alexander
Newstead
Vic
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