Hi Kirri,
It sounds like you are having a great time around Darwin... it's a wonderful
region isn't it!!
I'm very interested (as I'm sure plenty of others are on here) in your sighting
today of an Oriental Reed Warbler at Fogg Dam. I do know that Luke Patterson
has recorded the species there very recently, but I'm very curious as to what
made you think that your sighting today wasn't of the very commonly occuring
Aust Reed Warbler...
It would be nice to hear a little more from you about this....
Thanks in advance.
Cheers for now,
Martin Cachard
Cairns
> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 03:19:37 -0800
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> Well,
> I've had a great time birding around Darwin in the last 3 days....
> It has finally decided to rain more regularly here, making it feel like the
> wet season
> has begun just a little bit, but very delayed...
> Have been returning a fair bit to three places in particular in the last
> week...
> Leanyer Sewerage Works, Buffalo Creek and Fogg dam....
> Am told that fogg dam is RELIABLE to see the White browed crake....keep
> missing that one.
> I did get to the Fogg dam wall at 7:30am today hoping to see a little bittern
> in the reeds or a Little Kingfisher, but no show.
> I did see Bar breasted honeyeater and Oriental Reed Warbler (new species 4
> me) along with many comb
> crested jacana's, Whiskered Terns and Azure Kingfisher and a very friendly
> Sand monitor foraging for breakfast next to our car much to
> my kids delight.
> The night before, i was at Buffalo Creek and managed to see the Large tailed
> nightjar (new species 4 me) hawking around the lights
> near the boat ramp.
> Leanyer Sewerage works has the usual wandering whistling ducks, jabiru and
> pink eared duck on occasion, pied herons, common sandpiper, common greenshank
> occasional pacific baza and grey goshawk and black butcherbirds...still
> trying to see that Little ringed plover though.....
> This afternoon, i was down at the jumping crocodile cruise area near the
> mangroves and found a Mangrove Golden Whistler (new species 4 me).
> Sometimes you don't see any new species for ages, then you suddenly see a
> heap in succession, always great when that happens. Not that i don't enjoy
> observing what i've already seen in the past.
> I'll be off to Fogg dam wall again in the morning...6:30am is my target time
> to be there....just have to drag my 5 and 6 yr old out of bed too :D
> Hoping to see some target species this time
> Happy birding...
> kirri
>
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