Among the Welcome Swallows at a roost on the Little River at Werribee today
was a very pale bird with primaries which looked almost white when it flew.
The edition of HANZAB with the swallows is not out yet so I could not check
it out.
The Broad-billed Sandpiper reported by Danny Rogers a couple of weeks ago
was still at the rock roost near Austin Road. Three Cape Barren Geese were
also there and at Lake Borrie were a pair and two striped chicks. Other
birds of interest to me were two Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoos, Striated
Fieldwren, 2 Glossy Ibis, Black Kite, Spotted Crake at the Borrow Pits and
the first Rufous Whistler I have seen there in about 13 years. Missing were
the usual Brown Falcons.
Regards,
Gil Langfield
Melbourne Australia
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