I can attest to the fact that John was in top form today.
When I told him he'd missed the Bittern he tried to strangle me!
Bill
(all in fun, I hasten to point out...)
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From: "John Weigel" <>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:30 PM
To: <>
Subject: Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
Thanks for the info Peter. In a fit of irresponsibility I got up at
midnight last night after staring at ceiling and thinking about your
Saturday sighting of the NS - and booked my flight to Melbourne. Was on
the job at 11 and was pleased to see both you and Russell - literally
pointing at the Northern Shoveler, along with a who's who of WTP. Too bad
I didn't follow the cavalcade - I missed the Bittern. But as always, I
enjoyed the hell out of that amazing place. What an incredible resource.
The point of this post is to continue request from my buddy Scotty Ryan,
who is driving from Canberra tonight, with hopes of seeing the bird
tomorrow (Monday). Can anyone please chuck a sickie and have some
enjoyable birding time with Scott? If so, his email address is
. Maybe cc to me at
as he's on the road, and I can make sure he gets message.
John W
Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
from [Peter Shute] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: John Tongue <>, Birding-Aus Aus
<>
Subject: Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 10:03:22 +1000
Still in the same location close to gate 6 at 10am today.
Peter Shute
Sent from my iPhone
On 18/05/2013, at 5:31 PM, "Peter Shute" <> wrote:
It's still around, I found it easily at about 1pm today - I just drove to
where all the cars were parked and got someone to point it out. I had
driven
past this spot 30 minutes before, and missed it. It's easy to see if it's
facing you, not so easy if it's facing away or distant.
It was at the north east corner of Lake Borrie, and I think it had been
there
an hour or so before I got there. Soon after that, it flew to the north
east
corner of the pond to the west of Lake Borrie. This is the pond that's
separated from Lake Borrie by a narrow causeway you can drive on.
Then it seemed to just drift with the wind almost to the east side of
that
pond, where it encountered 3 or 4 male Australasian Shovelers swimming
south
west. It swam hard to catch up with them, gave up, caught up again, then
they
all swam back to the north east corner. There it got out on the bank for
a
while till all the ducks there flew back into the water. I left at about
2.30
after having watched it for about 1 and 1/2 hours.
Thanks to whoever found it first today, I think it was Steve Davidson,
and to
those who pointed it out to me later. Sorry you missed it, John, it's the
luck of the draw when a bird could be at any of dozens of ponds. I tried
a
couple of times when there was one here in 2011, and never found it.
Hopefully this one will stick around longer than that one did.
Peter Shute
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From:
On Behalf Of John Tongue
Sent: Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:50 AM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Shoveler a 'No-Show' at Werribee
Sadly, despite a day of concerted searching around Walsh's Lagoon, from
there
to the Borrow Pits, and around Lake Borrie, the Northern Shoveler was not
to
be seen. A quick check around T-Section late in the afternoon also
failed to
turn up the Aus Bittern seen recently.
Not the most successful in terms of targets, but sill, a very pleasant
day.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
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