Sent message before finished, sorry....
These smaller swamps are lush and birds are breeding. Brolgas, Hoary-headed
Grebes, Black Swan, BTNativehen, LGrassbirds,Red-kneed Dotts, Shoveler, Black
Duck, Grey Teal, Black-winged Stilt, Masked Lapwing, etc... Swamp Harriers are
the regular harrier...instead of Spotted in normal years which are very scarce
this year.
Absent are Whiskered Terns, Sharp-tailed Sandpipers( except a few at Fosters
swamp near Kerang), Glossy Ibis, not many crakes/blue-billed musk duck <
present are plumed whistling duck wnecked heron more than usual< but generally
bird numbers are down
the summer should see the lakes get really interesting
lake leaghur_ lake yando_lake boort_sandhill lake_lake bael bael_the
marshes_tragowel swamp_the marshes around dingee_and the bendigo creek_lake
tutchewop_lake lalbert_lake boga_all have water and will be worth visiting down
the track
cheers
simon starr
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