Jim Lane from the WA Dept of CALM tagged Australian Pelicans in South-west
WA around the late 1970s/early 1980s. Some of his tagged birds similarly
traveled long distances.
I recall him saying at a seminar at that time that one tagged pelican was
observed some time later at Port Phillip Bay in Victoria. Another was
speared by Indonesian fishermen off the northern coast of WA. A third didn't
travel far at all - it was trodden on by an elephant at South Perth Zoo.
I don't know if any of these results were ever published, but the claim in
the ABC news story that the recent record from south-west Qld is the first
definite evidence that Australian Pelicans travel long distances is clearly
wrong.
Dr Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
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>From http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2228902.htm
.... Greg Johnston from Flinders University says a pelican tagged in Outer
Harbour Adelaide has been found in south-west Queensland...
Andrew
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