Bar-tailed Godwit still at Kelly's Swamp [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Today at Kelly's Swamp, seen from Cygnus hide around 2pm:

   1 Bar-tailed Godwit
   10 Black-winged Stilts
   2 Glossy Ibis
   2 Pacific Black Ducks with 6 trailing young each
   A pair of Australasian Grebes busy nest building

The Godwit flushed briefly when a Whistling Kite passed by. It flew almost
directly over the hide before settling back on the far bank at the southern
end of the swamp.

Cheers

Marnix Zwankhuizen
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According to Steve Wilson's book  "Birds of the ACT: Two centuries of
change" the first record of a Bar-tailed Godwit ni the ACT was in late
December 1972.  The other records - which he suspects are of a single bird
- were between 19 Nov and 2 Dec oin 1979.  Thus:
      it is a very rare bird in this area; and
      it may hang around for a while.


Martin


On 10/26/07, Dimitris Bertzeletos <> wrote:
  Hello all!

  The Godwit was showing well on the far bank from the Cygnus hide with 6
  Pied Stilts, 2 Glossy Ibis and at least 1 Black-fronted Dotterel. It was
  in the grass so it may prove hard to pin down. Also Black-shouldered &
  Whistling Kite.

  Cheers!

  Dimitris

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