Hi birders,
There seems to be an influx of Black-tailed Native-hens around the
Blue Mtns and Capertee areas at the moment. On Tuesday I saw one at a
dam in the Capertee Valley, and in the past week they have been seen
at Lake Wallace (Wallerawang, near Lithgow), at a dam north of
Capertee, and Jill Dark told me that one has turned up in a backyard
in Woodford (in the the central Blue Mountains). These are all new
locations for the species except the Capertee Valley, where there
have been a couple of records in prevous years.
Interesting also to read that Richard Johnstone also found one at Mt
Annan Botanic Garden, in the south-western part of the Sydney basin.
My guess is that inland rains may have created good conditions for
them to breed earlier in the year and now drying conditions in some
of those areas are forcing them into new places.
Cheers,
Carol
Carol Probets
Blue Mountains, NSW
http://www.bmbirding.com.au
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