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Bitterns at Braeside & Edithvale SE of Melbourne

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Subject: Bitterns at Braeside & Edithvale SE of Melbourne
From: "Mike Carter" <>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:08:19 +1100
On Sunday 16 January David Stabb reported an Australasian Bittern at Braeside, SE of Melbourne. Whereas one might expect to see one there or on other nearby wetlands in winter, January records anywhere in the area in recent times are unheard of. Perhaps they have been flooded out of their usual summer breeding grounds in northern Victoria and NSW. Australian Little Bitterns returned to the Edithvale Wetlands this year and were seen and heard at the turn of the year but have now gone quiet. As may be expected in this exceptionally wet year, the reed-beds are thick and extensive and the water is very deep so there is little chance of seeing these furtive birds.

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

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