>Swan Hill (NW Vic), for example) - I suspect we could add Buff-banded Rail and
>Marsh Sandpiper to the list. In the last two weeks, I have seen Buff-banded
>Rail at Lake Cowal (near West Wyalong, NSW), Banyule Flats (suburban Melbourne,
>2 birds), and near Stanhope (central Vic). I can't recall having seen any
in
>the last few years, despite repeated visits to all the aforementioned
>localities
Hi Paul
You just were blind before getting the Swarovskis to help you out!
But seriously I suppose you could be right about BB Rail. I saw one at Apollo
Bay recently, and there are only 2-3 previous records for that Otway coast.
They're thick on the ground at Bendigo sewage farm as Chris & you have found
out. I've seen a few others I can't quite recall locations for too. Perhaps
they're just responding to habitat changes which are in their favour. My
feeling
recently is that the ones I've seen are much less timid than I recall from the
past. Maybe existing birds are becoming habituated to observers???
In the first 5 years I spent birding from the late 70s, the BB Rail was
something
of a bogey bird for me. I couldn't find one no matter how much I tried. After
seeing my first one on the footpath outside a milk bar in Dunolly (central Vic),
it all became much easier!
Garbled ramblings .....
Lawrie
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
L A W R I E C O N O L E
2/37 Myrnong Crescent, Ascot Vale, Victoria 3032 AUSTRALIA.
Phone AH (03) 9370 3928; Mobile (0419) 588 993.
E-mail:
Senior Zoologist
Ecology Australia Pty Ltd
88b Station Street, Fairfield, Victoria 3078 AUSTRALIA
Phone BH (03) 9489 4191
E-mail:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Birding-Aus is on the Web at
www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message
"unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line)
to
|
