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Re: Common Moorhen on West Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands, a new bird for

To: BIRDING-AUS <>, Mike Carter <>
Subject: Re: Common Moorhen on West Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands, a new bird for Australia.
From: Richard Baxter <>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:05:28 -0800 (PST)
Mike,
        Good stuff, I'll let you know if its still there on Monday afternoon 
and we're going to North Keeling on Wed.  A couple of spots still available on 
the NK trip.  I'm not suprised the Javan Pond is still there.
 
Cheers
Richard

--- On Fri, 27/11/09, Mike Carter <> wrote:


From: Mike Carter <>
Subject: Common Moorhen on West Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands, a new bird for 
Australia.
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Cc: "Sean Dooley" <>, "Bill Ramsay" 
<>, "Andrew Silcocks" <>, 
"Frank O'Connor" <>, "John Darnell" 
<>, "Rohan Clarke" <>, 
"Lisa Preston" <>, "'Richard Baxter'" 
<>, "Peter Barrand" <>, "Julian 
Reid" <>, "Ian McAllan" <>, "David 
James" <>, "Jeff Davies" <>, 
"Tony Palliser" <>, "COLIN TRAINOR" 
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Received: Friday, 27 November, 2009, 10:29 AM


Peter Barrand responded to my request for information on their sightings with 
the news that they'd found an adult and immature Common Moorhen on Bechat Besar 
Swamp on West Island, Cocos. On the phone he said that the white flank stripe 
on the adult (absent in Dusky Moorhen) was very prominent. In the brief phone 
call I didn't have a chance to ask about leg colour, green rather than red in 
that species. Both species occur in Wallacea, but only the Common occurs west 
of there and the Dusky only to the east and south. Neither species has been 
seen on Cocos previously.
He also reported the presence of 7 Saunders's Terns, a Javan Pond Heron, 3 Grey 
Wagtails, 20 Barn Swallows and 1 Asian form of Dollarbird.

Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136





      
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