Paradise Shelduck

[S Cooney <>]

G'day Rohan,

Can you or anyone else tell me where "the site" is?

Thanks

Stuart

At 14:29 2/12/01 +1100, Rohan Clarke wrote:
> Hi Dion and others,
> I'm told by Mike Carter that Nick Day visited the site this morning
> and
> could not find the bird. He also reported that there are usually many
> Aust
> Shelduck in the area but this morning there were none. May be worth
> another
> look in the next day or two.....
> Cheers
> Rohan
>
> Rohan Clarke
> PhD Candidate
> 'Conservation Biology of the Black-eared Miner'
> Department of Zoology
> La Trobe University
> Bundoora Vic. 3083
> Tel 03 9479 1672
> Fax 03 94791551
> Email 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dion Hobcroft
> Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2001 12:46
> To: 
> Subject: Paradise Shelduck
>
>
> Has anyone confirmed the Paradise Shelduck seen by Barbara Burns at
> Phillip
> Island. This could be a first mainland record or perhaps an escape. A
> lone
> tame bird sitting on a beach after a week of gales makes for
> interesting
> conjecture. There certainly are captive Paradise Shelducks in Australia
> but
> then New Zealand has recorded several vagrant Australian Shelducks.
> Sounds
> worth checking out.
>
> Dion
>
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