I so like those stories. So good that you went back to check.
On 12/05/2013, at 7:21 PM, "Greg and Val Clancy" <> wrote:
> My wife Val and I accompanied Warren Thompson on a drive to Swan Creek,
> north-east of Grafton, this afternoon, to check on a potentially injured
> Black-necked Stork. A couple of days ago Warren had observed the stork, an
> adult male, lying under powerlines and at first thought that the bird was
> dead. It was seen to move its bill so Warren left to get assistance. On
> returning he found that the stork had recovered somewhat being able to stand
> and eventually walk, if with some difficulty. The wings and legs were not
> obviously broken so Warren left the area after watching the bird for some
> time. Today’s sortie was to check whether the bird had recovered. It is the
> resident male at a nearby nest which has, reportedly, three nestlings in it
> at present. As we arrived at Swan Creek I noticed four Black-tailed
> Native–hens foraging in a paddock at the intersection of Four Mile Lane and
> Lake Road, north of the main Swan Creek. This was our first record of this
> species in the Valley but I am aware of at least two other records, of single
> birds. Eight Plumed Whistling-Ducks were swimming in a small creek nearby
> and at a wetland further north 100+ Pink-eared Ducks were present. An
> immature Yellow-billed Spoonbill was foraging nearby. After driving past the
> storks’ nest and not seeing any storks in the vicinity we eventually sighted
> the adult male stork foraging in a wetland to the north of Finlaysons Road.
> It showed no signs of injury. Collision with powerlines was found to be the
> greatest known cause of injury and death in Black-necked Storks during my PhD
> studies. A Brown Goshawk took off from the roadside further to the east
> near to where a Comb-crested Jacana was foraging. The resident pair of
> Wedge-tailed Eagles was perched in the apex of a tall eucalypt. All in all
> a successful short trip to some local wetlands.
>
> Greg
> Dr Greg. P. Clancy
> Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide
> | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460
> | 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960
> http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com
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