Hi Tom and Birding Aus watchers,
This sighting of an Australasian Bittern is quite interesting. Birds
Australia is still looking for Australian Bittern sightings and this one is
outside the area that reports have been coming in from. It seems that there
have been no records from this far north for over a year.
Australasian Bitterns appear to be declining and all information is
important. Historically (ie 50+ years ago) AB were found on the Brisbane
River but more recently the northern limit seems to have withdrawn into
NSW.
Are there any more recent records from QLD or northern NSW? Does anyone have
any comments on them being seen seasonally in this area?
Maybe the extreme dry down south is forcing the birds north to better
habitat? Please keep reporting all Australasian Bittern sightings to Birds
Australia or on this forum.
Thanks
Jenny
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Tom Tarrant <> wrote:
> Gavin Goodyear and myself had an early start this morning and headed-out
> for
> the Australasian Bittern recently reported from Lake Clarendon. Weather was
> chilly but clear and on arrival we walked around the dam-wall to the
> tower-structure. Here we saw a Black Falcon harassing corellas (itself
> being
> harassed by a Brown Falcon) , Baillon's Crake and a very extrovert
> Australasian Bittern 'sunning' itself on a bare-patch in the reeds. (27°
> 31'
> 06.23''S, 152° 21' 17.59"E)
> At nearby Jahnke's Lagoon we had up to 100 Plum-headed Finch and at Lake
> Galletly on the UQ Campus there were at least 4 male Blue-billed Duck. On
> the other side of the lake we saw a female Blue-billed Duck with 2 duckling
> avoid repeated attacks from a Swamp Harrier.
>
> Please contact me directly for further info,
>
> Tom
>
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