Well done guys!
Very jealous...
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 18/04/2013, at 12:21 PM, David Stowe wrote:
> Hi all,
> Well I'm happy to report that John's (and my) bogey is no more!
> We got to Pitt Town Lagoon around 8am to find the lagoon shrouded in mist. On
> arriving at the mound we found Peter Madvig and Carol & Peter Abbot already
> scoping the joint - literally!
> They hadn't seen any sign of the bittern although all the other reported
> birds were around including the Freckled Ducks.
> John and I decided we would try to get through the reeds on the western side
> of the mound but gave up after about 2 metres as it was way too thick.
> So we decided to investigate the foreshore reeds. John had waders so he went
> alot further than i did in my gumboots. But no luck. After regrouping back at
> the mound and leaving our cameras behind (a sure sign something was going to
> happen) we decided to walk around the waters edge to the east of the mound.
> Once again John went ahead in his waders but soon shouted "Bittern!!
> Bittern!!"
> Sure enough a large bird flew from the reeds some distance away and out to
> the treeless island in the lagoon. We had great views for what felt like 10
> seconds before it dropped out of sight.
> We had finally seen an Australasian Bittern!!
>
> Cheers
> David Stowe
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> On 17/04/2013, at 4:57 PM, John Weigel <> wrote:
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>> Tomorrow morning I'm hoping to visit location where Tom Wilson saw a brazen
>> Australian Bittern multiple times this morning and has reported on Birdline
>> NSW. This is my bogey (nemesis!) bird, and I'm prepared to chuck a sickie
>> tomorrow to even the score. I'm not familiar with the Pitt Town Lagoon site,
>> which I understand is huge. If anyone can give me Tom's contact details off
>> line, or expand for me off line a mud-map for dummies as to where Tom's
>> description of the site is, it would be greatly appreciated! Will research
>> tonight, but thought I'd get in early on Birding-Aus as I know there are at
>> least a couple of Pitt Town regulars around. Maybe one would like to join
>> me!
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>> John Weigel
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