18 Freckled Ducks etc in the Hawkesbury Area - 9th June 2002

["Bruce Roubin" <>]

G'day,

I can add to that with the following interesting sightings, at McGraths Hill STW

 

Midday June 9:

1 Aust Spotted Crake

1 Azure Kingfisher

From 4pm June 9:

250+ Straw-necked Ibis along with 100+ Austr white Ibis

1 Red fox taking Purple Chook

From 3pm June 10:

2 Intermediate Egrets

250+ Straw-necked Ibis back again.

 

Regards

Bruce Roubin

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [ On Behalf Of Simon Blanchflower
Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 12:18
To: Edwin Vella;
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] 18 Freckled Ducks etc in the Hawkesbury Area - 9th June 2002

Hi Edwin, Not as good as your immpressive account but I also saw 1 Freckled Duck at McGraths Hill on Saturday and 2 Glossy Ibis. There were also good numbers

of Australian Shoveler and Grey Teal in the same location... was short of time so didn't get anywhere else in the Hawksbury...but went down to ShellHarbour

in the afternoon and I'm pretty sure I saw 1 adult winter White-Winged Black Tern at some distance off Bass Point - has anyone else out there seen this species in that area recently.

 

Cheers

Simon.