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Brolga - Barmah State Park, Murray River, Victoria

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Subject: Brolga - Barmah State Park, Murray River, Victoria
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:41:12 +1030
I'm sure the report below is genuine but I find it amazing that Brolga
has not been reported at Barmah before. The last atlas ( p148) shows
them all the way down through the Echuca region into SW Victoria and
across into SE of SA ( Bool Lagoon).
Is this just a quirk of reporting?

Tony.

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Just passing on a new locality record for a rare and threatened species
in 
Victoria.

There has been the first official record of Brolgas from within the
River 
Red-gum forest boundary in Barmah State Park north east of Echuca (Late 
Feb - early March 2007).  The birds were detected during a survey for 
cryptic waterbirds (crakes and rails) in northern part of Barmah State 
Park.

An adult pair of Brolga was observed by biologist Keith Ward 
(Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority) and an atlas card has 
been completed.

Brolgas are a threatened species in Victoria and ALL sightings should be

formally atlassed.  Keith has an image of the birds with a pair of Emu 
also in the photo.

I encourage all birdos to forward their observations to the relevant
state 
fauna databases, especially in these dry conditions that may be pushing 
birds into new locations.


Martin O'Brien
Wildlife Biologist - Threatened Species & Communities Section Department
of Sustainability and Environment 2/8 Nicholson St., East Melbourne
3002 VICTORIA

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