Hi Everyone,
I was there on Saturday afternoon as well early this morning amongst the
throng birders seeking the Dowitcher. If anyone is interested I have a
couple of audio recordings of the bird 'peeping'. I missed recording the
bird when it did a series of notes. I was with Dave Harper from Adelaide at
the time so he may have some input. It may be of some interest to some. I
can email the files or someone can park them so others can listen to them.
Cheers,
Greg McLachlan
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Paul Dodd <> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have responded to Mike offline with a summary of a couple of postings and
> comments from Facebook regarding the identification of this bird. In
> dropping the adjective 'presumed' I do so on the basis of expert opinion
> discussed outside of birding-aus and I don't begin to claim to have the
> level of expertise to make such an identification unilaterally. Indeed, my
> original thought on the identification was that the bird was a Short-billed
> Dowitcher (based on the fact that I have seen hundreds of both species, and
> that I referred only to the Sibley field guide).
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Carter
> Sent: Friday, 21 November 2014 1:05 PM
> To: 'Paul Dodd'; 'Birding Aus'
> Cc: 'Tim Dolby'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Press coverage of Long-billed Dowitcher at Lake
> Tutchewop, Victoria
>
> Hi Paul, why you have dropped the adjective 'presumed' from the subject
> line
> in this posting when you persisted with it for so long previously?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike Carter, 03 9787 7136
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza, VIC 3930, Australia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
> Of
> Paul Dodd
> Sent: Friday, 21 November 2014 12:08 PM
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Press coverage of Long-billed Dowitcher at Lake
> Tutchewop, Victoria
>
> Hi birders,
>
> See the following article from the Northern Times in Kerang on the
> Long-billed Dowitcher at Lake Tutchewop in Victoria:
>
>
>
> http://www.thenortherntimes.com.au/story/2712603/migratory-bird-has-watchers
> -twitching/?cs=1276
>
>
> It is great that the paper has picked up on this story as this area is
> traditionally pro-duck hunting.
>
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
>
>
>
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