I was at Phillip Island last week and there were several Swamp Harriers there.
Lots of water all along the Hume highway (I did the return trip from Canberra
to Melbourne) and almost no ducks and few other water birds but more than the
usual number of raptors (Black & Whistling Kites, Brown Goshawks, Kestrels &
Brown Falcons). For what it may be worth, there was massive breeding of Masked
Lapwings and Cape Barren Geese on Phillip Island. The latter is a first for me.
The species did not occur there as far as I recall in all my many visits in the
1970s.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Dave Torr
Sent: Thursday, 27 October, 2016 11:46 AM
To: Richard Nowotny
Cc: Birding-aus
Subject: What's happened at Lake Galletly, Gatton?
No Swamp Harriers either as I guess nothing for them to eat apart from the
large number of Black Swans and cygnets.
On 27 October 2016 at 11:27, Richard Nowotny <>
wrote:
> What’s particularly interesting at the Western Treatment Plant is that not
> only have tens of thousands of ducks left for greener inland pastures (not
> a single Grey Teal or Pink-eared Duck seen last Monday – often present in
> thousands – and almost everything else seen in ones and twos other than
> Black Duck and Chestnut Teal) but so have all the Hoary-headed Grebes
> (usually hundreds, even thousands), Great Crested Grebes, spoonbills,
> avocets, Banded Stilts, Cape Barren Geese, and most of the Black-winged
> Stilts (I saw only one), ibis (only one White Ibis, although tens of
> Straw-necked remain), herons (only one White-faced) and egrets. It’s quite
> an exodus. The place looks eerily deserted, with pond after pond entirely
> bird-free.
>
> Richard
<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR>
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
<BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
</HR>
|
