BIRDLINE NSW - update 12 July 1998

["Gladwin, Chris" <>]

     Highlights by observers in New South Wales over the last week are as 
     follows:
     
     GREY-HEADED ALBATROSS      1 caught & banded off Wollongong 4/7
     FLUTTERING SHEARWATER      many birds still off Sydney coast
     SQUARE-TAILED KITE         1 Mitchel Park, Cattai 6/7
     SPOTTED HARRIER            1 Capertee Valley 4/7
     PACIFIC BAZA               1 Winston Hills, Sydney 5/7, 1 Freeman's    
                                Reach, Windsor 7/7, 1 Mulgoa, Penrith 11/7
     BEACH STONE-CURLEW         1 still present to at least 11/7            
                                Bonnievale, Royal Nat Park, Sydney
     YELLOW-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO       many sitings of up to 50 birds in   
                                        Sydney suburbs in last two weeks
     TURQUOISE PARROT           17 Wollombi Nat Park 5/7
     SWIFT PARROT               22 Londonderry, Richmond 6/7
     WHITE-BACKED SWALLOW       29 Capertee Valley 4/7
     SINGING BUSHLARK           several Cupitt's Lane, Richmond 4/7
     REGENT HONEYEATER          2 Castleraegh Forest, Richmond 9/7
     BLACK-HEADED MANNIKIN      1 Pitt Town Bottom Road, Windsor 6/7 - so   
                                they still survive in Australia!
     
     
     Chris Gladwin
     Sydney, Australia
     
     
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