Chris - as per our call earlier today I may have seen one of these birds
being harrassed by Cows and just abut everything else in the area on a wet
day a month or so ago at the small ponds on the southern side of the Will
Terrace causeway (literally 2 metres away from the traffic).
When i went back with a camera it was gone and I didn't get a positive ID
but thought is NNH-like...
Good spotting - and well out of range...did you get some pix?
Bob
On 30 July 2010 14:19, Christopher Watson <>wrote:
> Interesting morning at the sewage ponds in Alice Springs this morning.
>
> First up I came across two juvenile Nankeen Night-herons right out in the
> open. They let me approach quite close. Both were still fairly young but
> had
> well developed plumage, but still missing the dark cap. I believe these are
> quite unusual in the centre but we've had some stormy weather so maybe they
> are blow-ins. No sign of any adults around.
>
> Also, three Black-tailed Godwits and four Wood Sandpipers foraging among
> the
> Black-winged Stilts.
>
> All morning it has been alternating from steady drizzle to heavier rain.
> It's only getting wetter out here in the desert.
>
> Chris Watson
> Alice Springs
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