Hi Phil,
I visited Half Moon Bay Golf Course last week - a surprisingly good
wetland. Also present was an immature Pied Heron, which could easily be
overlooked in the Willow.
Tim
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Subject: Plum-heads at Cairns
From: Sue Gregory <>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 08:22:11 +1000
hi Folks,
Stopped at Half moon Bay Golf Course pond at Yorkey's Knob just north
of Cairns as we returned from PNG on June 1, and found a male and two
female plumaged Plum-headed Finch in with a flock of about 60 Chestnut-
breasted and Nutmeg Mannikins, feeding on newly mown grass opposite the
sports club adjacent to the pond. This is my first local area record,
though I have seen them at Georgetown some 4 hours drive west. Also 4
Radjah Shelduck on the island on the pond, a tick for many of my group
and scarce locally.
June 2 saw us see about 20 White-browed and 4+ Masked Wood-swallows
still around the flowering gums at marker post 175 just beyond Koah
servo on the Mareeba Road, where they have been since late April.
Clearly a few odd species around this year, let's hope for more.
Good birding
Phil Gregory
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